sloop ANITA %1 under sail, close on port beam, starboard tack, Stamford, 1931

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, Stamford
1931-07
safety film, Eastman Kodak #49
overall: 4 x 5 in.

5 x 7 in. safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 27, 1931 off of the Stamford Yacht Club, Stamford, Connecticut. Image of ANITA, %1, with a crew of three in a casual pose in the cockpit, port side to photographer. This vessel was originally called VITESSA and was a 32' centerboard sloop designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1914. She was later renamed by 1931 as ANITA and raced in the Handicap Class, 2nd Division, ca. 1931-1933 with the sail number %1. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "47526F". Handwritten: "%1 Anita deck / Box 3292". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.47526F2

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection