Fishing schooner SHAMROCK, 1923

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Gloucester
1923-08-27
emulsion on glass
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 glass plate negative by Morris Rosenfeld, 1923. Port bow view of schooner SHAMROCK, undersail August 1923. Image was photographed during the Fisherman Races - an event part of the 300th Anniversary of Gloucester. SHAMROCK was a fishing schooner whose home port was Boston and owned by Jack O'Hara. During this race, she was sailed by Captain Marty Welch. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "10775-F" and written "Shamrock / Gloucester Races / Box 982". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

1984.187.10775F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection