Sea sleds and the Sea Sled Company, Mystic plant, 1921

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA; CT, Mystic - Willow Point
August 04, 1921
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.; 12.7 x 17.78 cm

5 x 7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, August 4, 1921. Location of photographic shoot was Willow Point, Mystic, Connecticut at the modern site of the West Mystic Shipyard. Image is a port quarter view of four sea sleds and a launch docked near the Mystic plant. Two of the sea sleds are positively identified as ORLO II and MARATHON. A third sea sled may be ORLO III. In the background is a large work shed with the sign on it, "SEA SLED CO., MYSTIC PLANT". Typed on original negative sleeve: "6623-F". Handwritten: "8/4/21 / Sea Sled / Box 694". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED sea sled (l); ORLO II sea sled (2nd-l); UNIDENTIFIED sea sled (c); MARATHON sea sled (2nd-r); UNIDENTIFIED launch (r)
1984.187.6623F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection