safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
Virgin Islands
April 1947
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed April 1947; from the cockpit well of ketch yacht CARIB, possibly Louis Bigelow holding onto the fore-sail spar, with the main-sail at left; tarp somewhere in the Virgin Islands region, most likely en route to Charlotte Amalie Harbor, St. Thomas or the island of Tortola; for similar view see 1996.31.1864; for Charlotte Amalie and St. Thomas views see 1996.31.1806-1819, 1854-1857, 1863-1874; for Tortola views see 1996.31.1820-1839, 1875-1886; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '1947', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Islands to Windward' (1948).

1996.31.1865