Halifax Race start in front of the National Yacht Club, Bensonhurst, New York, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst
1911-07-22
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 22, 1911 just before the start of the Halifax Race at the National Yacht Club, Bensonhurst, New York. Image of three vessels anchored, in the left half of the negative and a sloop underway in the right half of the negative. On the far right side in the background is the National Yacht Club building. In the foreground is a partial view of the anchored cruiser, SUIS MOI, approximately 40' LOA. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Halifax Race 1911/ start / plate #16 / Box 2." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

UNIDENTIFIED cruiser; UNIDENTIFIED motor sailer; UNIDENTIFIED unidentified vessel type; UNIDENTIFIED sloop
1984.187.16S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection