VOLUNTEER, 1903
silver gelatin print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, Mystic
1903-07-20
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00
8 x 10 gelatin silver print taken by James Burton in the Long Island Sound off Mystic and Noank, CT, on July 20, 1903. Printed by Rosenfeld and Sons, date unknown. Starboard beam view of the sloop VOLUNTEER under sail. VOLUNTEER was a U.S. America's Cup defender, designed by Edward Burgess, and built by Pusey & Jones in Wilmington, DE 1887. Handwritten on back: "VOLUNTEER - 7/20/03". Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970". Original negative number B.1984.187.649.
B.1984.187.649.2
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer