VITA, runabout racer, underway, Columbia Yacht Club Races, New York, 1911

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MA, Boston, South Boston
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in June, 1911, at the time of the Columbia Yacht Club Regatta, held in the Hudson River in New York. Image shows a port beam view of the runabout racer VITA underway at high speed with two people on board and the Columbia Yacht Club and the upper west side of New York City in the background. Written on the original negative sleeve: "Columbia Y.C. Races / VITA" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "287 [crossed out] 280 / Box 25". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.280S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection