THISTLE, 40' steam 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 bow view of the launch THISTLE underway with one person visible on board and other vessels and a treed shoreline in the background. Black tape adhered to the emulsion side of the negative is separating from the negative. Written on the original negative sleeve: "Box 25 / 75 [all crossed out] / Block Is Race 1912 / M.B. / Thistle / Plate 599 Box 48 [partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.599S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection