SHAMROCK V, J class sloop, America's Cup Observation Race, 1930

black-and-white photograph; glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1930-07-13
emulsion, plate glass
7 x 5 in.

7x5 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 13, 1930 the day before the start of the America's Cup Observation Races. View of SHAMROCK V undersail, port bow view on a starboard broad reach with a marconi-rigged mainsail. SHAMROCK V was Sir Thomas Lipton's 121' Charles W. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson built J class entry (built 1929 in Gosport, England) at the 1930 preliminary trials and was Mr. Lipton's fifth failed attempt for the America's Cup. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "42596F / BOX 2980". Handwritten on sleeve: "Shamrock V / 230". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 70.

1984.187.42596F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection