WAHOO, New London Races, 1930

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, New London
1930-06-19
safety film, Kodak #34
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the New London Races off New London, Connecticut June 19, 1930. Image is of the vessel WAHOO underway, port quarter view with many people on the afterdeck and at the bow. Part of the Thames River riverbank is in the background. WAHOO was an 85' motor yacht designed and built by New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York in 1928 and was owned in 1930 by Benjamin C. Perkins. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "40062F / NEW LONDON RACES 1930". Handwritten: "Wahoo / Box 2832". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.40062F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection