Start, New York 40' Class, New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta, 1916

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1916-06-15
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld on June 15, 1916, off Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island Sound. Image shows the start of a New York 40' Class race, a port beam view of nine sloops undersail. Visible sail numbers are NYYC6, NYYC11, and NYYC7. Written on the original negative sleeve: "Start / NYYC / 6/15/16 / NYYC / Start 40 footers / [plate] 944 / Box 75". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.944S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection