ELMO II, launch, 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 screw launch ELMO II underway with two people visible on board and a treed shoreline in the distant background. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "Elmo II 22". Written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Race 1912 / M.B. / Elmo II / Plate 598 Box 48 [partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.598S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection