VIPER racing at President's Cup Regatta, Washington, DC, September 1940

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, DC, Washington
1940
nitrate negative
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, September 1940. VIPER (F-35) racing at President's Cup Regatta, Washington, DC, September 1940. Handwritten neg. sleeve info: "VIPER F 35, winner 225." At the President's Cup Regatta in Washington in Sept. 1940, this vessel won the John Charles Thomas Trophy and the A.P.B.A. Championship, winning all five heats in the two race series. Note, the Yachting article describing these race series (Nov. 1940, p.78) shows a photo of VIPER without III after the name and describes her by VIPER without III in the text; Motor Boating (Nov. 1940) in the text and race results describes her as VIPER III. Stamped info: "Washington 1940; [Box] 4644." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection. DUP 1

VIPER hydroplane, F-35
1984.187.98946F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection