safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
GUADELOUPE: Pointe-a-Pitre
March 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed March 1947; waterfront of Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe (West Indies), with gaff rigged cutter LEMISTRAL PAP in middleground left, and several unidentified sloops in background; two young boys playing along waterline, with man tending the bow of a beached, turned rowboat; for similar waterfront views see '1996.31.1716-1721'; for Pointe-a-Pitre views see '1996.31.1706-1721'; for Guadeloupe views see '1996.31.1700-1736'; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '1797', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948);

1996.31.1717