Star Class #59, close hauled on a port tack near Larchmont Yacht Club, 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 negative made by Morris Rosenfeld, 1916. A bow view of Star Class #59, TINY STAR, ex MERCURY II, close hauled on a port tack. Two men are in the cockpit: one at the tiller; one appears to be changing position. Star Class # 3, ALTAIR is in the background under starboard tack on a broad reach. Image was taken on Long Island Sound, 1916. TINY STAR, later renamed AURORA, was lost in 1919 while racing on the last Saturday of Larchmont Race Week. Her crew were picked up, however, she was never recovered. Written on the original negative sleeve: "L. Y. C. 1916 / Cover / Star 59 / Plate 1215 Box 96". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.1215S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection