SNAP SHOT III, Halifax Race, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst
1911-07-22
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the start of the Halifax Race for motorboats off of the National Yacht Club, Bensonhurst, New York, on July 22, 1911. Image of SNAP SHOT III, racing number #9, underway, starboard beam view. SNAP SHOT III was a 40' cruiser built ca. 1911 by Alex Simpson of New York City, NY, from designs by Southmayd Hatch and owned in 1911 by J.B. Lindeman. It is most likely that the man and woman on board with crew are Mr. and Mrs. Lindeman. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Halifax Race / 1911 / Snapshot / Box 2" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "15". Handwritten in ink on plate edge: "Snapshot". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.15S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection