Star Class Sloop, 1949

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
BAHAMAS: Nassau
1949
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell, photographed March 27 - April 2, 1949; bow starboard view of an unidentified Star class sloop passing to port an observation motor yacht; the Star is on an extreme starboard tack, with both crew members hanging over the starboard side to balance the vessel; during the 1949 Spring Championship Series, Nassau, Bahamas; for other views from this race, see 1996.31.3229-3256; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '3363', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Log of the Star Class' (1950) pg. 68; PUBL: 'Yachtsman's Camera' (1950) pg. 94.


UNIDENTIFIED Star class
1996.31.3255

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