W.D. Edenburn, Marion B. Carstairs and Joseph Harris, posed in ESTELLE V, 1930

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MI, Detroit
1930-08-30
safety film, Kodak #97
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the Harmsworth Trophy Races in 1930. Image taken from a large vessel's side, on the left full of people, looking down at 3 people in the cockpit of the Harmsworth Trophy racer ESTELLE V on the right, with an open engine compartment. The center person is Marion B. Carstairs, the driver, her mechanic Joseph Harris to the right and the race official W.D. Edenburn on the left. ESTELLE V was a 28' hydroplane designed by Bert Hawker of Great Britain and built in England in 1930. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "42305F". Handwritten: "1930 / Carstairs - Joe Harris + Edenburn / Box 2968". Notation of possible prints sent to: "Edenburn / England / papers". Videodisc address of print: 1-50088. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.42305F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection