MISS DETROIT and BABY SPEED DEMON II (?), 1915

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1915-08-01
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5 x 7 glass plate negative taken by Morris Rosenfeld at the 1915 Gold Cup races, Manhasset Bay, NY. Distant port beam view of two speedboats racing for the Gold Cup. One vessel is identified as MISS DETROIT and the other is possibly BABY SPEED DEMON II. Information on original negative sleeve "? + Miss Detroit Gold Cup 1915".

UNIDENTIFIED motor yacht (background to left)
1984.187.106F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection