FLOELLA II, screw launch, underway, New Rochelle Yacht Club Motor Boat Races, 1912

black-and -white negative

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

6x8 glass negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld during the time of the Motor Boat Races held by the New Rochelle Yacht Club off New Rochelle, New York, in 1912. Image shows a port bow view of the screw launch FLOELLA II (aka FLOELLA) underway. Treed islands and an assortment of vessels are visible in the background. FLOELLA II, built by or before 1912, approximately 35' l.o.a., was a wood screw launch with a trunk cabin. Written on the emulsion side of the negative: "Floella II". Typed on the original negative sleeve: "558-S" and written: "M.B. / Floella / New Rochelle Y.C. Motor Boat races / 1912 / Plate 558 Box 44 [both partially obscured]". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.558S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection