AURORA, K Class, #K29, ca. 1907
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVESBurton, James
Circa 1907
emulsion on glass
8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton ca. 1907. Image of AURORA undersail, starboard beam view, close-hauled. AURORA, sail #K29, was a flush deck 85' K Class composite built cutter designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1907. Handwritten neg. sleeve: "B-5 / Aurora / K29". Handwritten on neg. margin: "B5 / 3029". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer, acquired in honor of Jack Aron.
B.1984.187.5
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer