SURPRISE, cruiser, underway, Block Island Race, 1912

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

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

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in 1912 at the time of the Block Island Race showing a port beam view of the cruiser SURPRISE underway with four people visible on deck. SURPRISE is in the foreground and the launch GRACELDA is only slightly visible behind SURPRISE. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "SURPRISE 13". Written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Race 1912 / M.B. / Surprise / Plate 578 Box 46 [both partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.578S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection