Martini Rossi Trophy, 1937

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1937-08-19
9 x 4 1/2 in.

Cropped 8x10 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the Hotel Lex, NY, NY on August 19, 1937. Close up view of the Martini Rossi trophy. Typed on original negative sleeve: "2450-6 / 52574 / 8/19/37 / Sutton News Service-424 Mad Ave, City / Photo of Martini Rossi Trophy / at Hotel Lex". Information from Sutton News states "The $5,000 Martini & Rossi Perpetual Trophy / presented to the American Power Boat Association by / Count Theo Rossi, Italy's leading motor boat sportsman / who arrived in New York August 19 on the Conte di Savoia / with two 500-hp boats to race in the 34th Gold Cup race / at Detroit on Labor Day. The trophy is for the fastest / 30 mile heat." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider.


1984.187.52574

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider


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