RED WING, sloop, Handicap Class %67, Block Island Yacht Race, 1911

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1911-07-18
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in 1911 at the time of the Block Island Yacht Race. Image shows a starboard beam view of RED WING, Handicap Class sloop %67, close hauled on a port tack with one person kneeling on deck and four in the cockpit. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is. Yacht Race / % 67 / Box 6" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "68". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.68S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection