BUTTERFLY, #1, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1923

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1923-08-12
emulsion on glass
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons August 12, 1923. Image of BUTTERFLY, a 46'11" cutter designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, RI. in 1903. BUTTERFLY, a P Class sloop, sailed in the Handicap Class as #1, undersail, port beam view, during the time of the New York Yacht Club Race. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "10691-F". Handwritten: "8/12/23 / %1 / Butterfly / NYYC Cruise / Box 975". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.10691F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection