SKID, hydroplane, underway, circa 1912

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld circa 1912 showing a port bow view of the racer SKID underway at high speed with a plume of spray obscuring the cockpit. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Skid plate 471 [crossed out] Box 37 [crossed out] / #167 Box 15". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.167S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection