ORIOLE, sloop, New York 30 foot Class #11, and NUTMEG, sloop, #A5, Block Island Yacht Race, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, RI
1911
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld at the time of the Block Island Race in 1911 showing a starboard bow view of ORIOLE, New York 30 foot Class #11 undersail in the foreground and NUTMEG, a sloop with sail #A5 in the background. The A on her sail is not a class representation but a division rating for interclub racing in the 1911 Block Island Race. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Yacht Race [crossed out] / NY 11 / Box 7" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "73". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, gaff rigged, A-5
1984.187.73S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection