ARIES, #US25, and BAGATELLE, #US20, International 5.5 Meter Races, 1961

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1961
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety film photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the International 5.5 Meter Class Races held in 1961. Image of ARIES, #US25, and BAGATELLE, #US20, racing, port beam/quarter view, spinnakers set and mainsails reaching, starboard tack, on a windy day. ARIES is leading on the left in the background and BAGATELLE is in the foreground to the right. Both ARIES and BAGATELLE were 5.5 Meter Class 35' sloops. 5.5 Metre Class vessels racing internationally were required to conform to the Universal Rules for 5.5 Meters. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "170820 / [Box] 5834". Handwritten: "5.5 / ARIES 25 - BAGATELLE 20". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.170820F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection