The Baby Bath, Detroit Races, September 5, 1921
nitrate negative
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, MI, Detroit
1921-09-05
nitrate negative
overall: 5 x 7 in.
5x7 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, September 5, 1921 during the time of the Detroit Races at the Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit, MI. View taken from the dock looking down into the cockpit of a small cruiser where a woman is sitting in a deck chair washing an infant in a canvas baby tub. In back of the baby is a wash tub, towel, soap, etc. To the right is a man leaning against the side of the boat with his hand stretched out over the baby's head. Covering the cockpit area is a canvas cover for protection. Partial name on stern reads, "OLD ----". Small cabin forward for sleeping. Flag at the stern. In the background are partial views of other vessels. Typed negative sleeve info.: "7056-F". Handwritten info: "Detroit Races 1921 / Lady giving baby bath. [Box] 723 / cover". Stamped info.: "SEP 5 1921." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.7056F
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection