"12 Metres under Spinnaker, rough water, 1939"

gelatin silver print

6x8 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of 69' Burgess & Morgan designed, Abeking & Rasmussen built 12 meter class cutter ZIO and sloop NIGHTWIND (built 1928 in Lemwerder, Germany) on NYYC Cruise. Visible in image: port quarter views of ZIO (12/3) and NIGHTWIND (12/1) running before the wind under marconi-rigged mainsails and spinnakers over rough water. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 95 and 117. Stamped on back in blue: “COPYRIGHT / MORRIS ROSENFELD, N.Y.”, "93636F" and in rectangular box: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST., N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection