Start, NY 40 Class sloops, Larchmont, New York, 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
1916-09
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld during the Larchmont Yacht Club Labor Day Races in September 1916. Image shows a port beam view of the start of a New York 40' Class Race. Sail numbers visible are NYYC #3, JESSICA, and NYYC #9, ROWDY. Information written on the original negative sleeve: " N.Y. 40 / Cover / Start of the [crossed out] / 40 footers [crossed out] / Start 40 footers / Larchmont Labor Day 1916 / L.Y.C. 1916 / Box 189 [crossed out] / Plate 1253 Box 99". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC40' Class, #3; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, NYYC40' Class, #9
1984.187.1253S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection