Sound Interclubs racing, start, Larchmont Race Week, 1931

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld Conservation, Save American Treasures, IMLS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, Larchmont
1931-07-21
safety film, Eastman Kodak #49; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of Larchmont Race Week held in July 21, 1931. Image of a Sound Interclub Race start with four vessels racing in the foreground and many sloops in the background with most vessels showing port beam views. Identified from left to right in the foreground: #ISC25-AILEEN, #ISC23-TRITON, #ISC10-AHAB and #ISC8-WILD CAT. Identified left to right in the background: #ISC27-ALBERTA, #ISC26-BOBILL, #ISC13-SUSAN, #ISC4-GO-BY, #ISC3-BLUE STREAK, #ISC5-SHORTY III, #ISC14-JESTER, #ISC7-REVONOC, #ISC19-BOZO, #ISC28-ANNE. Sound Interclub Class sloops were 28'9" and were built in 1926 by Henry B. Nevins, Inc. of City Island, New York from designs by Charles D. Mower. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "47304F". Handwritten: "7/21 / Start Interclubs / Box 3275". Notation of prints possibly sent to: "R" (Rudder magazine) and "Shields"(probably Corny Shields). CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.47304F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection