WHIRLWIND launching, May 7, 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 is a starboard quarter view of WHIRLWIND in her cradle being launched, May 7, 1930. Several people are on deck. Two hands in a small tender in the foreground. Two men and a photographer standing on a dock to her port side. Paul Hammond and Landon Thorne were the syndicate behind WHIRLWIND. She was beaten by ENTERPRISE who defended the America's Cup in 1930. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "39125-F 5/7/30 / Whirlwind launching / launching" and written "[?] / Hammond / R / Y / Box 2786". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

1984.187.39125F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection