VELTEX, runabout racer, underway, Columbia Yacht Club Races, New York, 1912

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MA, Boston, South Boston
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld in June 1912 at the time of the Columbia Yacht Club Regatta held on the Hudson River in New York. Image shows a port bow view of the runabout racer VELTEX, temporary racing #44, underway with two people visible on board. Railroad tracks and rail cars, trees, and city buildings are visible on the river bank. Written on the original negative sleeve: "Columbia Y.C. Races 7/8/12 / Veltex" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "354 [crossed out] #342 / Box 29". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.342S

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection