St. Petersburg to Havana Race start, Florida, 1939

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - NITRATE NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
Florida
1939
nitrate negative
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4X5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1939. Image of five vessels racing in light air on port tack. View of windward sides. POLUX, ABENAKI, HALIGONIAN, unidentified schooner and ADMATE. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Stamped info.: "90934F / Florida 1939 / [Box] 4513." Handwritten info.: "Start St. Petersburg Havana Race / POLUX / ABENAKI / HALIGONIAN / .ADMATE."

POLUX unknown vessel type; ABENAKI schooner; HALIGONIAN schooner, 45' Roue; MacAlpine; ADMATE unknown vessel type
1984.187.90934F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection