safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
Sweden, Gotland, Visby
1949
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell; view of Maiden's Tower (left) and two other citadels along the city wall of Visby, Gotland Island, Sweden; the tower is so named from a legend that a maiden was imprisoned within the walls after betraying the original settlers, descended from Vikings, who lost the island to Danish conquerors in 1361; included during a cruise to the Baltic by Carleton Mitchell on board yawl yacht CARIBBEE and William T. Moore aboard yawl yacht ARGYLL, July - September 1949; for views of this cruise see 1996.31.3353-4004; handwritten on original envelope neg.no. '3917', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; PUBL: 'Baltic Cruise of the CARIBBEE' "National Geographic Magazine" (98: 605-646, November 1950) pg. 639.

1996.31.3797