WHIRLWIND launching, Paul Hammond, John Muir, and Landon Thorne, May 1930

black-and -white negative; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, MA, Neponset
1930
safety film, Kodak 31
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative by Morris Rosenfeld, 1930. Image of Paul Hammond, John L. Muir, and Landon K. Thorne, made at the launching of WHIRLWIND, May 7, 1930. Hammond and Thorne (along with Alfred Loomis) were the syndicate behind WHIRLWIND as an America's Cup defender. She was beaten by ENTERPRISE who defended the America's Cup in 1930. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "39121-F 5/7/30 / Whirlwind launching / Paul Hammond, Muir & Thorne" and written "Hammond / Box 2785". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

1984.187.39121F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection