EMPIRE, screw launch, Bayside to Block Island Race, ca. 1912

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Block Island
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld circa 1912 at the time of the Block Island Race showing a port beam view of the screw launch EMPIRE underway with two people visible on board. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "#174 / Box 15 / Block Is. Race / Empire" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "233 [crossed out] / Box 19 [crossed out]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.174S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection