Gar Wood, Buffalo Motor Boat Races, 1920

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Buffalo
1920-10-01
emulsion on glass
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Buffalo Motor Boat Races held by the Buffalo Launch Club of Buffalo, New York October 1, 1920. Full view of Gar Wood in yachting uniform standing on a dock showing a partial view of his cruiser GAR JR. in back of him. Garfield Arthur Wood was a hydroplane racer and boat builder as well as a businessman. His money came from his hydraulic invention for dump truck's patented in 1912 and his business became the Wood Hydraulic Hoist and Body Company. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "5071-F". Handwritten info.: "Oct 1/20 / Buffalo Motor Boat Races / Box 600 / Gar Wood ". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.5071F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection