DETROIT, cruiser, and EILEEN, screw steamer, underway, 1912

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
1912
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass negative by Morris Rosenfeld, 1912. Image of cruiser DETROIT and steamboat EILEEN sometime prior to DETROIT's Atlantic crossing from Vineyard Haven to Queenstown, arriving August 7th, 1912 after 21 days and 16 hours. Starboard bow view of DETROIT with seven people on board and EILEEN at her starboard quarter. DETROIT is towing a small watercraft. Written on original negative sleeve: "M.B. Detroit / #350 / Box 30". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

EILEEN cruiser (l)
1984.187.350S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection