LIDA M, Fire Island Race, 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 during the time of the Fire Island Race, sponsored by the National Yacht Club, from Bensonhurst, New York to Fire Island on August 12, 1911. Image of LIDA M underway, port beam view, shoreline in the background. LIDA M, a 30' screw launch built and designed by the Tarrytown Boat Works of Tarrytown, New York in 1909 Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Fire Is. Race / MB Lida M / Box 4." Stamped: "PLATE NO. 41". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.41S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection