On board Lalage, Burnham Week, 1936
Archive Item Type: Photograph
Photograph of a group of five people sailing on Lalage. Ernst Laeisz – seen in the foreground on the helm – represented Germany in the Six Metre class at the 1928 Olympic Games.
The original caption reads: “Herr Laeisz at the helm of Lalage” Burnham Week, Sunday 13 September 1936.
Photograph by Christopher Boardman. The image was included in an album containing photographs dating from 1936 and 1937. The images were taken at Burnham Week, Sept 1936; How Hill (Olympic oak), 1936; Gosport & Portsmouth, 1937; Gosport & Bembridge, 1937; Burnham, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Torbay, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Dartmouth, 1937.
Other images from the album can be found here.