ROARING SEAL, undersail, Off-Soundings, 1949

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1949-06
safety film, Ansco
overall: 5 x 4 in.

5x4 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in June of 1949 during the Off-Soundings event. Image of ROARING SEAL undersail, starboard quarter view. ROARING SEAL, also known as ROARIN' SEAL, was a 30'3" auxiliary cutter built in 1945 by Palmer Scott Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts from designs by S.S. Crocker. Owner in 1949 was Ruth A. Wells. From left to right: unidentified man at wheel, Robert "Bob" Wells at the port rail; Ada "Happy" Wells, wife of Bob Wells in the cockpit next to Bob, then 2 unidentified men, John Wells standing next to cabin opening and then Ruth Wells on the deck port side. Stamped: 123379F / OFF-SOUNDINGS 1949 / [Box] 5055". Handwritten: "Roaring Seal". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.123379F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection