H.L. WHITON, working coastal schooner umderway, 1902

glass negative

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by James Burton in 1902. Image of three-masted coasting working schooner HARRY L. WHITON (built 1873 in Duxbury, Mass.) underway. Visible in image: port quarter view of the schooner running free downwind under fore, main and mizzensails and topsails, club-footed staysail, inner, outer and flying jibs. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 49. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "176 / Box 12 / Harry L. Whiton / 1902" and stamped: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU ST. N.Y.C. / BEEKMAN 2850 / Negative No ___”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer