ZEPHYR, starboard quarter view underway, 1953

black-and -white negative

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 1, 1953. Image of ZEPHYR showing a starboard quarter view underway probably on Long Island Sound. ZEPHYR was a 63' custom built yacht designed and built by Wheeler Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, New York in 1953. Stamped info. from neg. sleeve: "136726F / [Box] 5278". Typed info: "7/1/53 / ZEPHYR -63' Custom Built Yacht / designed & built by Wheeler for / Donald Parson of Pinehurst, NC / member NYYC / 2-200 h.p. reduction gear GMDiesels [sic] / cruising speed 12 knots". Notation of print possibly sent by Rosenfeld and Sons to the following: "T" (possibly New York Times). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection