Melvin Crook holding Champion Sparkplugs at the National Sweepstakes Regatta at Red Bank, New Jersey, 1936

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NJ, Red Bank
August 1936
nitrate negative
overall: 5 1/4 x 4 in.

5x4 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the National Sweepstakes Regatta at Red Bank, New Jersey in August of 1936. Image is a posed shot of Melvin Crook holding a box of sparkplugs and the hull of a speedboat in the background.. Stamped on the original negative sleeve: "77165F / [Box] 4289" and typed: "Melvin Crook with Champion Sparkplugs / Red Bank N J 1936". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED inboard racer
1984.187.77165F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection