FLYING CLIPPER foredeck

safety negative

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons between October 3 and 4, 1948. Image of S.S. FLYING CLIPPER foredeck. Visible in image: mate at bow communicating location of anchor to unseen commander, deckhand also watching unseen commander, while keeping tension on line wrapped around anchor hawser to stop its movement, city seen over bow, bulwarks acting as cleats, windlast and ventilation hoods seen in image. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "121868F / 5029" and typed: "10/3-4/48 / Isbrandtsen S/S Co / S/S Flying Clipper story".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection