ELENA and other racers, Spanish Ocean Race, 1928

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1928-07-07
emulsion on glass
5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 7,1928 at the start of the Spanish Ocean Race. Image was taken from the deck of a large vessel and at the bow of the vessel is a cameraman taking moving pictures on the left and there are two sailors on the right watching the race. In the distance in the center is the schooner ZODIAC, a 1924 William H. Hand, Jr. design built by Hodgdon Brothers of East Boothbay, Maine at 126'10" in 1926. To the right behind ZODIAC is the 3-masted schooner ATLANTIC, built in 1903 at 185' and made of steel by the builder Townsend & Downey Shipbuilding Company of Shooters Island, New York from designs by Gardner & Cox. Closer on the right to the viewer is ELENA, #17, a 1911 gaff-rigged schooner, 136'6", built and designed by Herreshoff of Bristol, Rhode Island. Typed negative sleeve info.: "29192-F". Handwritten: "7/7/28 / Start / Spanish Ocean Race / Box 2137". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.29192F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection