Dock scene, Bayside to Block Island Race, 1929

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island
1929-07-13
nitrate negative
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 13, 1929, at the time of the Bayside to Block Island Race showing a general dock scene with the commercial fishing vessels ANNIS L., GENE [? name may be partially obscured] and SAMMY B. rafted out from the dock. The aft deck of an unidentified commercial fishing vessel is in the foreground, and other vessels and the harbor shoreline are in the background. Typed on the original negative sleeve: "34469-F" and written: "7/13/29 / Scene / Block Island / Box 2488 / R [possibly indicating the image was submitted to The Rudder magazine]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


GENE (?) fishing vessel
1984.187.34469F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection


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Bayside to Block Island Race (1929)
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