LLAO, underway, Huntington Yacht Club Regatta, 1912

black-and -white negative

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

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the Huntington Yacht Club Regatta in 1912. Image of LLAO underway, port bow view. LLAO began as a runabout racer named NAMELESS built as a potential defender for the Harmsworth Trophy race in 1911. She was built as a 39'6" speedboat by the Atkin-Wheeler Company of Huntington Harbor in Long Island, New York and was equipped with 4 - 8 cylinder Herreshoff motors. She sunk after hitting a log during the Harmsworth and was rebuilt as a yacht tender by her original builder Atkin-Wheeler Company with a hardtop glass cabin over the large cockpit area amidships and refitted with an Atkin-Wheeler gas engine. She was renamed as LLAO (which means Sea Devil) in 1912 and one of the original owners, August Heckscher kept her until 1913. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "#138 / Llao / Box 12 / Huntington Y.C. regatta." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.138S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection