BIDGEE, port quarter view underway, New London Races, 1935

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, New London
1935-06
safety film, Eastman Kodak #170; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in June of 1935 off New London, Connecticut. Image of BIDGEE underway showing a port quarter view. BIDGEE, ex WIG WAG, was a 62' cruiser designed and built in 1924 by the Consolidated Ship Building Corporation of Morris Heights, New York. Her power was two 6 cylinder 7 x 8 1/2 "R" engines. Trial speed 29.59. USCG documentation number 680051. WIG WAG, 1924 home ported in New Jersey. Her name was changed to BIDGEE in 1933-1939 when owned by Frank Ryan and she was home ported in New York and she was powered by 2 Speedway gas engines. Renamed as EILEEN J in 1940 and was home ported in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Renamed MALIBU ARROW in 1947 and home ported in Vancouver, Washington. Renamed as ARROW II in 1951 and was still home ported in Vancouver. Owners in 1998: Ferris M. Smith of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "71559F / [Box] 4190 / NEW LONDON - 1935". Handwritten: "Bidgee". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.71559F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection