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Title	West Mystic-built sea sled Orlo III under way at Detroit races.
Creator	Rosenfeld and Sons.
Place	West Mystic (Conn.)
Topic	Motorboats Boats and boating
Topic-Organization, Vessel	Orlo III Hickman Sea Sled Company
Genre	Photographs
Theme	Infrastructure Livelihood
Description	Port beam view of the West Mystic-built sea sled Orlo III, under way at high speed at the Detroit Races, 1921.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "7098F / 8-30 / Orlo III / Detroit Races / Box 725". Orlo III was designed by Albert Hickman, and built at the Hickman Sea Sled Co., in West Mystic, CT, 1921. She was powered by two 300-horsepower motors, which were able to achieve 57.79 miles per hour. The Hickman Sea Sled Co. of West Mystic and Groton manufactured over 6,000 boats in the period 1925-1934 using the innovations in hull and propeller design developed by Albert Hickman. The West Mystic yard was on the site of the former Holmes shipyard. Taken by Rosenfeld and Sons. Morris Rosenfeld founded the New York City-based photography business in 1910. He was a prolific photographer particularly noted for coverage of yachting and other maritime subjects. His sons Stanley, David and Bill were also active in the profession and the family firm.
Date created	1921.
Physical format	1 photograph : glass negative ; 5 x 7 in.
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number: 1984.187.7098F File name: ms_m330827.jpg
Source	Mystic Seaport
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Photography Department, Mystic Seaport, Mystic.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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