Start of TransAtlantic Race 1931

nitrate negative

6x8 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1931. Image of start of TransAtlantic Race. Visible in image: sloops, schooners, and motor boats at race start, schooner in foreground flies a yacht club burgee- dark square with Union Jack in upper left corner- at foremast and private signal- swallow tail with cut into sixths of a pie with alternating light and dark pieces- on mainmast. Typed on original negative sleeve: "5305-S" and stamped: "TRANSATLANTIC 1931" and handwritten: "Start / Herald / Box 255". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection