HOPALONG, screw launch, underway, New Rochelle Yacht Club Motor Boat Races, 1912

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, New Rochelle
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in 1912 at the time of the New Rochelle Yacht Club Motor Boat races held off New Rochelle, New York. Image shows a port bow view of the screw launch HOPALONG underway with four people visible on deck. One appears to be at the helm and the others are standing behind him. Other vessels and a shoreline, possibly islands, are visible in the background. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "Hopalong" and "12". Written on the original negative sleeve: "N.R.Y.C. Motor Boat races 1912 / M.B. [motor boat] / Hopalong / Plate 562 Box 44 [both partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.562S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection