INEVITABLE, #2, Fire Island Race, 1911

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Fire Island
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 INEVITABLE underway, port beam view, racing #2, shoreline in very distant background. INEVITABLE was a 40' screw launch designed by Morris M. Whitaker and built by William R. Osborn of Croton, New York in 1911. Her owner/driver during the race was H.A Johnson. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Fire Is. Race / MB Inevitable / Box 4." Stamped: "PLATE NO. 43". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.43S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection