ELMO II, screw 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 starboard beam view of the screw launch ELMO II underway with three people visible on board, and in the background the launch MARGO and the cruiser OSPREY II, with a treed shoreline in the distant background. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "12 [possibly 31]". Written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is Race 1912 / Elmo II / Plate 606 Box 48 [both partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.606S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection