ISTALENA, #NY7, leading SPARTAN, #NY6, New York 50' Class, 1921

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
1921-09-05
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1921. Image of two of the New York 50' Class sloops racing. ISTALENA, #NY7, is in the foreground and leading SPARTAN, #NY6, in the background to the right. Both vessels were 72 ft. New York 50' Class sloops designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1913. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NY 50' Class, #4; SPARTAN sloop, NY 50' Class, #56
1984.187.4281S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection