Start of New York 40-Foot Class sloops, Larchmont, New York, 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, Larchmont
1916-09
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in September 1916 near Larchmont, New York, showing the start of the New York 40-foot Class sloop race during the Larchmont Labor Day races. Image shows a port beam view of four New York 40-foot Class sloops close hauled on a starboard tack. Sail numbers visible are NYYC #8, NYYC #12, NYYC #5 and NYYC #9. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Cover / Start of 40 / footers / Larchmont Labor Day 1916 / Box 67". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC #8; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC #12; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC #5; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC #9
1984.187.833S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection