WINSOME, #K18, and AURORA, #K29, K Class racing at Larchmont Yacht Club, 1912

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, Larchmont
1912-07-22
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld on June 22, 1912, off Larchmont Yacht Club, Larchmont, New York. Image of two 85' K Class gaff-rigged cutters racing, WINSOME, #K18, on the left and AURORA, #K29, on the right behind, port beam views on a hard port tack heeled over. Both vessels were designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Mfg. of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1907. Written on the original negative sleeve: "510 / K18 / K29 / L-Y-C / 7/22-1912 / PLATE 510 / BOX 40." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.510S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection