Interclub Class Start, Larchmont, 1926

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons between July 17 and 24, 1926. Image of 29' Charles D. Mower designed, Henry B. Nevins built Sound Interclub class sloops PEGETY, BABETTE, OPAL, and seven unidentified sloops (built 1926 in City Island, NY) and the race mark S.W. STAKE, BOAT at the start of the Sound Interclub class race during Larchmont Race Week off Larchmont, NY. Visible in image: port beam views of PEGETY (ISC / 24), OPAL II (ISC / 12) and unidentified Sound Interclub class sloops and "S.W. STAKE, BOAT" lining up on port close reaches and starboard bow view of BABETTE (ISC / 4) on port close reach heeled over rounding race mark under marconi-rigged mainsails and jibs, other vessels in harbor in background, with water tower on shore. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 50 and 111. Embossed in lower right corner: “MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.” and handwritten: "Interclub class start / 19456F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection