silver gelatin print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1926-08-21
emulsion on printing paper
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00

8x10 gelatin silver print by Rosenfeld and Sons made from an 8x10 negative. The original negative is missing. Image shows the start of the first heat of the Gold Cup Race during the Manhasset Bay Regatta on August 21, 1926. Image shows a port beam view of eight inboard racers underway at high speed. From left to right they are UNIDENTIFIED, BABY WATER CAR #G34, MISS COLUMBIA #G1, IMP #G14, BABY BOOTLEGGER #G5, SHADOW VITE #G12, UNIDENTIFIED (possibly GREENWICH FOLLY #G8), and #G35 (possibly DETROIT WATER CAR). Miscellaneous vessels and a treed shoreline are in the background. Written on the verso of the print in pencil: "Start Gold Cup 1926" and stamped in a blue box in blue ink: "MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404 / 20124". Videodisc address of this print: 1-26246. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.20124.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection