Seagram Perpetual Trophy, Cornfield Light Race, 1934

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, New York
1934-08-15
Kodak safety
10 x 8 in.

8 x 10 Kodak safety negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld on August 15, 1934. View of the Seagram Perpetual Trophy, given at the Cornfield Light Race at City Island Yacht Club. The trophy is seen set on a table outdoors, centered in the image. In the background is a cannon, a large tree, and the harbor. The trophy is a large silver tall base with three eagles holding a sphere at the tips of their wings, on which rests a silver sloop. Engraved on trophy: "Seagram / PERPETUAL TROPHY / FOR / CORNFIELD LIGHT RACE / OF / CITY ISLAND YACHT CLUB". Typed on original negative sleeve: "44371 / 8/15/34 / The Blackman Co-Chanin Bldg, City / Mr. Graham Starr / Photo of Cornfield Light Trophy". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.44371

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection