Start, 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 showing a port view of multiple cruisers, with RUTH II in the foreground and others in the distance, at the start of the Block Island Race. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "Ruth II 6". Written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Race 1912 / start / Plate 584 Box 46 [both partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED launch; UNIDENTIFIED launch; UNIDENTIFIED launch; UNIDENTIFIED launch
1984.187.584S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection