safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Mitchell, Carleton
Sweden, Öland, Borgholm
1949
2.25 x 2.25 x 0

Safety negative by Carleton Mitchell; view of an outside wall and part of a citadel at the ruins of the Borgholm Castle; built in the thirteenth century, the castle was destroyed by fire in 1806 and now enjoys the reputation as the largest ruined castle in Sweden; near the town of Borgholm, on the island of Oland, Sweden; included with the views of 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. '3940', corresponds to original Mitchell contact; REF: 'Baltic Cruise of the CARIBBEE' "National Geographic Magazine" (98: 605-646, November 1950).

1996.31.3819