1925 Revere Beach Boston Cyclone Roller Coaster Cars Model T Glass Negative OOAK For Sale

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1925 Revere Beach Boston Cyclone Roller Coaster Cars Model T Glass Negative OOAK:
$200.00

Spectacular, one-of-a-kind (OOAK) camera-original antique 4x5 gelatin silver glass plate negative captured circa 1925 by famed Boston Herald-Traveler staff photojournalist Leslie Jones, documenting hundreds of early Brass & Nickel Era automobiles parked across the sand flats of Revere Beach, Massachusetts, with the iconic newly built wooden Cyclone Roller Coaster dominating the horizon.

Shot from an elevated dune embankment overlooking the bustling shore of America's first public beach, this masterwork of 1920s automotive and recreational Americana captures:

• The High-Interest Vehicles (Foreground Fleet):

  • The prominent vehicle anchored in the immediate lower-left foreground is a luxury mid-1920s Custom-Bodied Oval-Window Opera Coupe / Brougham (circa 1922–1924, reminiscent of a high-end Packard, Cadillac, or Buick coachbuilt brougham) featuring paired oval porthole rear-quarter opera windows, a padded fabric roof deck, polished drum headlights, cowl lamps, dual spare tires mounted at the side/rear, and twelve-spoke wood-artillery wheels.

  • Parked alongside it is an impressive lineup of 1920–1925 Ford Model T Touring Cars and Runabouts, early closed-cabin Ford Tudor sedans, Dodge Brothers touring cars, and Chevrolet Superiors—many displaying lowered canvas soft-tops, folded split windshields, and nickel radiator shells.

  • Hundreds of early motorcars parked bumper-to-bumper deep into the distance along the tidal flats and boardwalk approach.

• Amusement Park & Boardwalk Architecture:

  • Looming majestically in the background is the towering wooden structure of Harry Traver's famed Cyclone Roller Coaster (opened in 1925 as one of the world's tallest and fastest wooden coasters), along with adjacent boardwalk coaster dips, historic beach pavilions, Victorian seaside boarding houses, and utility lines.

  • Summer beachgoers in 1920s wool bathing attire, flat caps, and flapper summer dresses strolling along the beach margins.

The negative exhibits benchmark first-generation optical sharpness, wide depth of field, and rich silver tonal gradations:

• Pin-sharp mechanical clarity across spoked wood artillery wheels, radiator grilles, cowl lights, and tailored upholstery seams.

• Incredibly dense architectural detail resolving individual timber trusses of the Cyclone roller coaster superstructure.

• Pure camera-original gelatin silver exposure retaining deep shadow separation and clean highlights.

Format: Heavy antique silver gelatin glass plate negative, measuring approximately 4x5 inches, exposed directly in Leslie Jones's press camera circa 1925.

Archive Sleeve Included: Accompanied by the original period tan kraft darkroom filing sleeve bearing contemporary newsroom calligraphy in vintage ink:

"Cars Parked at Revere Beach".

Please Note: This listing is for the original antique glass plate negative and its period paper archive sleeve only. Any positive photographic images shown in this listing are modern inverted digital scans provided solely as a visual representation to show what a finished photograph prints like. No physical paper photograph, modern print, or paper product of any kind is included with this purchase.

Condition: Very Good to Excellent antique condition. The heavy glass plate is structurally sound, stable, and completely intact with no cracks, fractures, or perimeter breaks. The emulsion is exceptionally sharp, clean, and well preserved with high-definition clarity extending from the foreground opera coupe to the furthest coaster trestles. Displays standard authentic perimeter edge silver mirroring and minor lab handling marks along the extreme outer borders consistent with an authentic 1920s working newspaper press negative. Accompanied by the original annotated kraft archive sleeve.