H Class cutters, RAINBOW, #H6, MINEOLA II, #H5, YANKEE, #H11 and VIRGINIA, #H7, New York Yacht Club Herreshoff 70' Class, 1900

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1900
emulsion on glass
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1900. View of four New York Yacht Club 70' Class gaff-rigged H Class cutters racing showing a starboard quarter view on a starboard tack. The Herreshoff 70's had a waterline length pf 70' and were 106' length overall. They were designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1900 and only four were built for New York Yacht Club members. The vessels in the image are: RAINBOW,#H6, owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt, MINEOLA II, #H5, owned by August Belmont, YANKEE, #H11,owned by Henry Payne Whitney and VIRGINIA, #H7, to the far right, owned by William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Race of "H" Class / Y456 Sloops 1900 / Box 46". Handwritten on glass neg. margin is the original photographers number, "1306" and "copyright 1900 / 70's". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

UNIDENTIFIED sloop, H Class, #7, NYYC 70'; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, H Class, NYYC 70'; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, H Class, NYYC 70'; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, H Class, NYYC 70'
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