Schooner SAONA III, 1931

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in July 1931. Image of 72' John Alden designed, Hodgdon Brothers built auxiliary schooner SAONA III (built 1915 in East Boothbay, Me.) undersail. Visible in image: port beam view of SAONA III on starboard close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, gaff-rigged foresail, staysail and jib, land in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 72 and 114. Handwritten on back: "Saona" and stamped on back in oval: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y.C. / BEEKMAN 2850 / Negative No [47004F]”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection