New York 50' Class racing, #4, #5, #6, #7, Larchmont Race Week, ca. 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
Circa 1916
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in

6x8 in. glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons ca. 1916. Image of four New York 50' class sloops racing together. Image of GRAYLING, #NY4, to the left in the foreground, then CAROLINA, #NY5, in the center in the distance, then SPARTAN, #NY6, to the right following GRAYLING, and to the far right in the background a partial view of ISTALENA, #NY7. Vessels are in a brisk wind, port beam view, mild starboard tack, decks visible of the two closest sloops, GRAYLING and SPARTAN. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "N.Y. 50 footers close up / Larchmont Race Week / plate 1178 / Box 94 / Deck View / one of NY Class boat." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.1178S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection