New York Yacht Club 40' Class start, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1916

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1916-08
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.

6x8 glass plate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in August 1916 during the New York Yacht Club Cruise. Image of five New York Yacht Club 40' Class gaff-rigged sloops undersail, at the start of a race, port quarter view. From left to right, PAMPARO, #7, ZILPH, #12, JESSICA, #3, MAISIE, #5, and ROWDY, #9, all built in 1916 by Herreshoff Mfg. of Bristol, Rhode Island. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "L.Y.C. 1916 / N.Y.Y.C. 40 / Start / Plate 1216 / Box 96". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.1216S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection