BLUENOSE, #1, racing HENRY FORD, #7, International Fishermen's Race, 1922
glass negative
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, MA, Gloucester
1922-10-21
emulsion on glass
overall: 7 x 5 in.
7x5 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Gloucester, Massachusetts during the time of the Gloucester Races held October 21, 1922. Image of Canadian schooner BLUENOSE, sail #1, on the left racing side-by-side against the American schooner HENRY FORD, sail #7, on the right, both showing a starboard quarter view on a mild starboard tack. HENRY FORD was a 139' Gloucester schooner fisherman built in 1922 by Arthur Dana Story of Essex, Mass. from designs by Tom McManus. BLUENOSE was a 143' Lunenberg Canadian built in 1921 by G.A. Rhuland and designed by William J. Roue. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "9231-F". Handwritten: "Bluenose & Henry Ford". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.9231F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection