CAROLINA, #NY5, SAMURI, #NY2, and VENTURA, #NY7, start of race, 1916

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

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

6x8 glass plate negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld circa 1916, possibly during Larchmont Race Week, showing a port bow view of three NY50 Class cutters undersail on a starboard tack at the start of a race. Visible from left to right are CAROLINA, #NY5, SAMURI, #NY2, and VENTURA, #NY7. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Cover / Start of N.Y. Class / N.Y. 2 and 5 in foreground / Box 173 [crossed out] / plate 847 Box 68". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

CAROLINA sloop, NY #5; SAMURAI sloop, NY #2; VANTURA sloop, NY #7
1984.187.847S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection