Pits, Eastern Outboard Championships, Middletown, Connecticut, 1934

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, Middletown
1934
nitrate negative
overall: 5 1/4 x 4 in.

5x4 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Eastern Outboard Championships in 1934. Pictured is the "pits" at the race; all the race boats lined up aft to dock, port to camera, down the dock; no fewer than 16. The drivers, their helpers, and some officials crowd the dock. Some drivers work from the cockpit of their boats. The following boats can be made out in the image : [B-21][Gars], [8-61][RED-ACE], [B-86][SKIP-IT], [F-36][HAV-A-TAM], [P-33], [P-90][YELLOW JACKET], [B-11], AND [N-19]. Handwritten/stamped note on neg. sleeve: "69522F / Pits / Middletown / Box 4115" CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.69522F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection