BABY BOOTLEGGER, #G5, underway, 1924

silver gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1924-08-09
emulsion on printing paper
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00

8x10 gelatin silver print made by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1924. BABY BOOTLEGGER, a 29'10" hydroplane, design by George F. Crouch and built by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. in 1924. Image description of two men seated in the aft cockpit, underway, port quarter/stern view with a large amount of wake from boat behind it. In the distance is the shoreline with trees. Original negative destroyed by Rosenfelds before being acquired by Mystic Seaport. Surrounding information from other negatives dates this image as August 9, 1924. Original Box 1143. Information from print verso: "Baby Bootlegger / 13160F". Embossed stamp surface lower right: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.13160F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection