Start of New York 40-foot Class Race, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
1916-08
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in August 1916 during the New York Yacht Club Cruise at the start of a New York 40-foot Class race showing a port bow view of at least 9 sloops on a starboard tack. Sail numbers visible are #NYYC8, #NYYC6, #NYYC12, and #NYYC7. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Cover / Start of 40 footers / [Plate] 924 - [Box] 74". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC40' Class, #8; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC40' Class, #6
1984.187.924S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection