MISS AMERICA, overview of engines, Detriot Races, 1921

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, MI, Detroit
1921-08-30
nitrate negative
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 30, 1921 on the Detroit River next to the Detroit Yacht Club, Detroit, Michigan. Image is an overview of the hydroplane MISS AMERICA at rest in between heats of the Gold Cup Races during the Detroit Yacht Club Regatta. Clear view of vessel's engines, Gar Wood, the driver standing in the center of the vessel and the mechanic is seated aft bending over an engine. MISS AMERICA was designed and built by Gar Wood and the C.C. Smith Boat and Engine Company of Algonac, Michigan in 1919. Typed on neg. sleeve: 7017-F". Handwritten: "Detroit Races 1921 / MISS AMERICA I Aeroplane View / Box 721". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.7017F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection