TEASER, closeup of crew in forward cockpits, New York to Albany Race, 1925

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1925-05-20
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons May 20, 1925 before or after the finish of the Albany to New York Race. Image is a partial view of the runabout racer, TEASER, while dockside, taken from the bow looking aft at a closeup of 4 men seated in the cockpits. Charles F. Chapman is in the forward cockpit in the role as an observer for the American Power Boat Association on the left and George J. Mead is at the wheel was the driver. In the second cockpit are Carl Christiansen and Theodore Carlisle, the mechanics. TEASER was a 39'11" runabout, designed by George F. Crouch for Richard F. Hoyt of New York, New York and built by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York in 1924. Stamped negative info.: "14851F / [Box] 1245". Handwritten info.: "5/20/25 / Teaser." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.


1984.187.14851F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection


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