Butler Whiting, airplane wind powered boat, 1923

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1923-07-15
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld, 1923. Bow view of a Star Class Boat experimentally rigged with an airplane wing. Three men are in the cockpit positioning the wing (almost horizontal). Typed on original negative sleeve: "10232-F" and written: "7/15/23 / Butler Whiting / experimenting with aeroplane [sic] wing / on boat / SV / Box 938". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Videodisc and frame number: 3-43605. DUP 1

1984.187.10232F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection