GREENWICH FOLLY, hydroplane, #G8, Indian Harbor 25th Gold Cup Regatta, 1927

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1927-09
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00

8x10 gelatin silver print made by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1927. Print descr.: medium shot, off-centered left with buoy with balloon to right. Surface info.: heavily marked with black wax pencil with notation: "Rush / Wanted 9AM / Wednesday 8/17 / Silhouette / 6 1/4"; main image outlined in white masking as well as several background spectator vessels. Embossed lower right corner: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.". Typed caption adhered to verso lower 1/2 of print: "Greenwich Folly, the winner for the second time of the Gold Cup at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club's Twenty-fifth Gold Cup Regatta". Handwritten in pencil upper left edge: "Greenwich Folly / 6 / 6279-2". Stamped in red ink center left: "SEP - 1927". Scratched out in center in black wax pencil: "Columbian Bronze". Stamped in purple ink middle of right: MOTOR BOATING EDITORIAL / Sent___(8/12) / Wanted___(8/15)". Handwritten in pencil lower left: "Illus 2785". Stamped in purple ink lower right area: "MOTOR BOATING Ad. Dept. / No.___(109) / Size___ / Sent___ / Wanted___(Rush)". Handwritten in pencil lower right corner: "24251F". Videodisc and frame number of a print: 1-26049.

1984.187.24251F.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection