GADFLY, cruiser, Columbia Yacht Club Race, 1911

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld during the Columbia Yacht Club Race in 1911 showing a starboard beam view of the cruiser GADFLY underway with three people visible on deck under a canopy. A building that may be a yacht club is partially obscured behind GADFLY, and larger buildings are visible on a rise behind the yacht club. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "C.Y.C. race / M B Gadfly / Box 5" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "50". Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "Gadfly Susan B [Susan B is crossed out]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection