NORTH STAR dining room interior, 1903
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVESBurton, James
1903
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
8 x 10 glass negative photographed by James Burton in 1903. Interior view of the dining room aboard the steam yacht NORTH STAR. NORTH STAR, originally known as VENETIA, was designed by W. C. Storey, and built by Naval Construction & Arm., Ltd. of Barrow, England in 1893. She was built as VENETIA and retained that name from 1893 to 1898. She then became SYBARITE from 1898 to 1902 and then CHEROKEE in 1902. NORTH STAR was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt from 1903-1914. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "558 North Star / Interior / C. Vanderbilt". Handwritten in pencil on negative in margin: "North Star / 558". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.
B.1984.187.558
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer