Belle Isle Bear Cats, 1922

silver gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00

8x10 print made by Rosenfeld and Sons from original negative #8894F. View of three Belle Isle Bear Cat runabouts with Hall Scott engines lined up in a row with pretty girls at the wheel of each vessel and two young men in the aft cockpit holding the boats steady and together for the photo shoot, bow view, photographed from a dock looking down, in 1922. Embossed on surface lower right, "MORRIS ROSENFELD". Marked on surface with white corp marks. Verso pencil note upper left corner:"Hall Scott / Rush" and "14610". Stamped twice in the center of the print in purple ink, "MOTOR BOATING / Ad. Dept. / No.____(2") / Size.____(7") / Sent___ (9/18) / Wanted___ (Rush)". Printed in pencil lower right, "8894F". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Copies of this image would need to be made from this print.


RD.1984.187.338

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection



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