ETROLLE, women painting name on transom, 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York, Bronx, City Island
1916
emulsion on glass
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1916 of a fitting out scene most likely at a City Island boat yard in New York. View of a young women painting the lettering on the transom of what looks to be a small cruiser, which is hauled out and on blocks, while standing at the stern of the vessel, "ETROLLE / N.Y.". Background view of lumber, blocks for hauled out boats and several other motor boats. View in distant background to the left is a large block of apartment buildings. Handwritten negative sleeve info.: "3626S / 8 / Fitting Out - 1916 / Rudder March 1921/ Box 506." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.3626S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection