CHRIS CRAFT, #1, and BABY GAR, #1, Biscayne Bay Regatta, Miami, Florida, 1930

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, FL, Miami
1930-03-26
safety film, Kodak #43
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in March 26, 1930. Image of 22' Chris-Craft Corporation runabout CHRIS CRAFT #1 (built 1930 in Algonac, MI) and 22' Gar Wood Boat Company runabout BABY GAR #1 (built 1930 in Algonac, MI) at Miami Beach Races in Miami, FL. Visible in image: port bow view of "1 CHRIS-CRAFT / V-18950" driven by Ed Jones rounding a race buoy as Baby Gar "1" driven by Roger Firestone tries to take the inside track, a third runabout is in the rear, crowd of people line palm-treed lined shoreline, high rise buildings/hotels in background. Typed on original negative sleeve: “38398-F“, handwritten: "Chriscraft + Baby Gar / Box 2744" and stamped: "MIAMI 1930". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

BABY GAR inboard racer; CHRIS CRAFT inboard racer
1984.187.38398F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection