CANADICE, 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 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. Image of CANADICE, racing #6, underway, port beam view with shoreline in the background. CANADICE was a 40' screw launch designed and built by New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York in 1911 and owned in 1911 by R.S. Mills. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Fire Is. Race / Box 5." Stamped: "PLATE NO. 49". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED cruiser
1984.187.49S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection