Chris-Craft 26' runabout, #60, Free-For-All, Newport, RI., 1929

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
August 1929
safety film, Kodak #119
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in August of 1929 at Newport, Rhode Island. Image of a Chris-Craft, hull racing number #60, underway, starboard beam view, during the time of the Free-For-All Race for displacement boats. According to a notation on the neg. sleeve, Mrs. Bernard Smith is at the helm and there is a man seated next to her. In the background are many misc. vessels mostly power and two large steam yachts watching the races. Typed: "35052-F". Stamped: "NEWPORT 1929". Handwritten: "Chriscraft #60 / Displacement Boat Free for all / Box 2519 / Mrs. Bernard Smith". Notations of possible orders for prints by: "Rudder / Yacht (Yachting) / Chap (Chapman) / Chris Smith / Motor Boat / Owner". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.35052F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection