MISS AMERICA VIII, #U16, Miami, 1930

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL, Miami
1930
safety film, Kodak #52
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Miami Beach Regatta, Miami, Florida in 1930. Image of MISS AMERICA VIII underway, port bow view. Spectators are lined up along the waterfront in the background to watch the races. MISS AMERICA VIII was a 26' unlimited hydroplane, racing number #U-16, built in 1929 was probably the design of Gar Wood's head designer Napoleon Lisee and built by Gar Wood, Inc. of Algonac, Michigan. Typed negative sleeve info.: "38380-F". Stamped: "MIAMI 1930". Handwritten: "Miss America VIII / Box 2742". Notation of print possibly sent by Rosenfeld and Sons to the following: "R" (RUDDER magazine). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.38380F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection