GESTURE and airplane, Newport Bermuda Race, 1946

safety negative

4x5 in. Kodak negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Newport to Bermuda Race, June, 1946. View of the 57' aux. sloop, GESTURE (DS: S&S; BU: Quincy, 1941), port bow view, anchored with main sail furled. An inflated rubber raft is tied to the stern of GESTURE as is a seaplane. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "113923F / [Box] 4895." Typed: NEWPORT BERMUDA 1946." Handwritten: "GESTURE - PLANE." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection