SHELDRAKE and CRAB, Barmegat Bay sneakboxes, 1925

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York Bay
1925-10 (original negative)
paper
18-3/4 x 23-5/8 in.

8x10 gelatin silver print made from a 5x7 glass negative #17021F originally photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in October of 1925. Image of the Barnegat sneakboxes SHELDRAKE and the CRAB in New York Harbor en route to Miami. Visible in image: starboard views of Barnegat sneakboxes CRAB [with crab logo on sail] and SHELLDRAKE [with logo of bird on sail], SHELLDRAKE in foreground, F. Slade Dale in cockpit; CRAB at right background, Frank J. Coyle in cockpit; both vessels fly Bay Head Yacht Club Burgee. Embossed in lower right corner "MORRIS ROSENFELD/ NY". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1993.124

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection