FOTO III, chase boat 1932

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1932-07-20
safety film, Eastman Kodak; emulsion recovered
5x7 in.

5 x 7 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 20, 1932. Image of 33' Kanno Boat Works built, Frederick Lord designed chase boat FOTO III (built 1929 at City Island, NY). Visible in image: port beam view of the motorboat FOTO (III) underway with Stanley Rosenfeld at the helm, bow number "2156", flying "R.C.2" flag at bow and American Yacht Ensign at stern, land in background. This vessel is the third of four chase boats named FOTO by the Rosenfeld family. When first launched, she had no windshield or cockpit cover. FOTO III was sold in 1977, and restored and relaunched by Eddie Cutts of Oxford, Maryland. Printed on original negative sleeve: "61598F / 7/20 / Foto / Box 3598". For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 5. NOTE: Image in book has clouds not seen in original negative. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.61598F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection