DIXIE IV, PIONEER, and DISTURBER II, start, International Race, New York, 1911

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Huntington Bay
1911
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in September 1911 at the time of the International Trophy Races held in Huntington Bay, Long Island, New York. Image shows a starboard quarter view of the hydroplanes DIXIE IV, PIONEER, and DISTURBER II underway at high speed at the start of the second day's race. Spectator vessels are visible in the background. Written on the original negative sleeve: "International M. B. Race / start / plate 338 [crossed out] #326 / Box 28". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.326S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection