International Cup Races, Spectator vessels, 1920

nitrate negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York Bay
July 20, 1920
nitrate
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5 x 7 nitrate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons at the International Cup Races, later know as the America's Cup, in New York Bay, off New York on July 20, 1920. View of the spectator fleet for the 2nd race. Vessels seen in the fog include the steam yacht CORSAIR (3), a 304' steam yacht built by T.S. Marvel of Newburgh, New York from designs by John J. Beavor-Webb in 1899., SHAMROCK IV, a 110' cutter built by Camper and Nicholson of Gosport, England from designs by Charles E. Nicholson in 1914, and a large Mystic, CT built passenger ferry. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "4285F / 7/20/1920 / INTL. Cup RACE / 2nd RACE / Box 549A." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED motor yacht; UNIDENTIFIED ferry; UNIDENTIFIED cruiser; SHAMROCK IV sloop, 110' Nicholson; CORSAIR (3RD) steam yacht
1984.187.4285F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection