NUTMEG, sloop, #A5, starboard beam view undersail, Block Island Yacht Race, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, RI
Circa 1911
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld at the time of the Block Island Race of 1911. Image of NUTMEG on a starboard bow view undersail racing in Division A. NUTMEG was a 38' sloop, designed and built in 1905 by C.C. Hanley of Quincy, Massachusetts. The A on her sail is not a class representation but a division rating for interclub racing in the 1911 Block Island Race. Information written on the original negative sleeve: "Block Is. Yacht Race / A5 / Box 6" and stamped: "PLATE NO." and written: "70". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.70S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection