FINISTERRE, #260, crew shot, Newport-Bermuda Race, 1956
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
1956
safety film, Kodak
overall: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
2 1/3 x 3 1/2 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Newport to Bermuda Race of 1956. Image is a port side view aft of the crew of the vessel FINISTERRE. FINISTERRE was a 38'8" auxiliary yawl, sail #260, built by Seth Persson of Saybrook, Connecticut in 1954 from designs by Sparkman & Stephens, Inc. Stamped: 151355F / [Box] 5510 / NEWPORT BERMUDA 1956". Handwritten: "crew / FINISTERRE #260". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.151355FA
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection