MYRTLE, screw launch, underway, Middletown to Huntington Race, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
1911-07-15
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld at the time of the Rudder Cup Race from Middletown, CT, to Huntington Bay, Long Island, NY. Image shows a starboard beam view of the screw launch MYRTLE underway with four people standing near the wheel. Other vessels, including LARONE, temporary racing #2, are visible in the background. Written on the original negative sleeve: "#251 / Box 22 / Middletown Huntington / M.B. Race / Box 22 [crossed out]" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "267 [crossed out]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.251S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection