DISTURBER II, PIONEER, and DIXIE IV, hydroplanes, start, International Race, New York, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, Huntington Bay
1911-09
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in September 1911 at the time of the International Trophy Races held in Huntington Bay, Long Island, New York. Image shows a starboard bow view of the hydroplanes DISTURBER II, PIONEER, and DIXIE IV underway at high speed at the start of a race. Spectator vessels are visible in the background. Written on the original negative sleeve: "International M. B. Race / start / plate 346 [crossed out] #334 / Box 28". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.334S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection