RESPITE, cruiser, 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 starboard bow view of the cruiser RESPITE underway with four people visible on board, multiple vessels in the background, and a treed shoreline in the distance. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "2". Written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Race 1912 / M.B. / Respite / Plate 596 Box 48 [partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.596S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection