Johnson Outboard Advertisement, shoreline recreation, 1924

glass negative

5 x 7 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 11, 1924. View of a woman in a bathing suit posed in with her arms in the air as if preparing to dive. Two other fully clothed women seen seated on the rocks behind her, a man in a bathing suit is seen below in a small boat with an outboard engine, alongside another similar boat with an outboard engine. Unidentified larger motor yacht in background. This photograph was commissioned by Johnson Motor Company as part of an advertisement campaign. Typed sleeve info.: "12226-F". Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "6/11/24 / Johnson Motor Co. / Box 1076". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection