BLUENOSE, #1, racing HENRY FORD, #7, International Fishermen's Races, 1922

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MA, Gloucester
1922-10-21
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons off Gloucester, Massachusetts during the time of the International Fishermen's Races held October 21, 1922. Image of the Canadian schooner BLUENOSE, sail #1, on the left racing closely side-by-side against the American schooner HENRY FORD, sail #7, on the right, both showing a starboard quarter view on a mild starboard tack. HENRY FORD was a 139' Gloucester schooner fisherman built in 1922 by Arthur Dana Story of Essex, Mass. from designs by Tom McManus. BLUENOSE was a 143' Lunenberg Canadian built in 1921 by G. A. Rhuland and designed by William J. Roue. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "9233-F". Handwritten: "Gloucester Races / Blue Nose & Henry Ford". Videodisc address: 3-43093. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.9232F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection