Midget Auto Racers at Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, New York, 1936

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Long Island City
1936-07-15
safety film
10 x 8 x 0 in.

8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 15, 1936. Image of midget auto racers at Madison Square Garden Bowl, Long Island City, New York. Visible in image: man in striped pants and shirt, bandana and goggles around his neck, wearing a helmet with ear flaps holds a gasket and wrench in his hands as he fixes the engine of his midget car, whose hood opens sideways, boys watch him. Typed on original negative sleeve: “514241 7/15/36 / 2394-18 / Oluf Mikkelsen-393 -4th Ave, City / Mr. George Mikkelsen Midget auto racers at Garden Bowl“. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.51241

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection