JEM, underway, New London Races, 1930

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, Thames
June 1930
safety film, Kodak #28
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5 x 7 Kodak negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the New London Races on June 19, 1930 before the start of the Harvard-Yale Boat Races on June 20th. Port bow view of the motor yacht JEM on the Thames River off New London, Connecticut, passing on the right in the background a topsail schooner, a 4-masted schooner and a side-wheel steamer. JEM was designed by John H. Wells and built by Consolidated Ship Building Corporation of Morris Heights, New York in 1930 and was owned by Jeremiah Milbank. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Jem / Box 2833". Stamped on sleeve: "40102F / NEW LONDON RACES 1930". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.40102F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection