ELENA, #B2, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1916

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Glen Cove
1916-08-02
emulsion on glass
5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in August of 1916 at the start of the New York Yacht Club Cruise. Port beam view of the schooner ELENA, #B2, seen undersail. ELENA was a 1911 schooner, 136'6", built and designed by Herreshoff of Bristol, Rhode Island. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "26 / Aug 1916 / B-2 / N.Y.Y.C. Cruise Aug 1916 / NYYC Cruise / B2 / Box 2". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.26F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection