Fire Island Race start, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst
1911-08-12
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the start of the Fire Island Race, sponsored by the National Yacht Club, from Bensonhurst, New York to Fire Island on August 12, 1911. View is a long shot with most of the power boat division participants underway, port quarter view. From left to right: INEVITABLE, racing #2, a 40' screw launch designed by Morris M. Whitaker and built by William R. Osborn of Croton, New York. LIDA M, racing #3, a 30' screw launch built and designed by the Tarrytown Boat Works of Tarrytown, New York in 1909. KITSIX, a 32'6" screw launch designed by M.M. Whitaker and built by Alex Simpson of New York in 1911. CANADICE, racing #6, a 40' screw launch designed and built by New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York in 1911. FRANCES H, was a 40' raised deck cruiser built ca. 1911. Approx. 30'-40' L.O.A.. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Start. Fire Is. Race / Box 4." Stamped: "PLATE NO. 40". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.40S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection