ALERA, NY30', #1, Larchmont Races, 1920

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Larchmont
1920-07-04
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 4, 1920 during the Larchmont Races. Image of the sloop, ALERA, built in 1905, a New York 30' Class sloop, sail #1, designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Mfg. of Bristol, Rhode Island, undersail, port quarter view on a port tack, heeled over. Handwritten negative sleeve info.: "3866-S / July 4/20 / Alera / NY #1 / Larchmont Race / Box 149". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

ALERA sloop, NY 30' Class, #1
1984.187.3866S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection