VIVA, displacement runabout, underway, International Race, New York, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, Huntington Bay
1911-09
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.; 15.24 x 20.32 cm

6 x 8 glass plate negative taken by Morris Rosenfeld in September of 1911. Starboard quarter view of the launch VIVA underway with spectator vessels in the distant background. Driver, Captain S. B. Pearce is seen standing behind the wheel. Vessel is seen here at the British International Races (Harmsworth), in Huntington Bay, NY. Written on original negative sleeve: "International M.B. Race / Viva" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "317 [crossed out] #308 / Box 27". Viva was a 32' runabout built in 1911 by Emerson Engine Co. She was owned by J. Stuart Blackton. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

VIVA launch racer(?)
1984.187.308S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection