RESOLUTE and SHAMROCK IV, cutters at start of 5th race of the America's Cup, 1920

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York Bay
1920-07-27
emulsion on glass
8 x 10 in.

8 x 10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 27, 1920. Image of 106'3" Herreshoff cutter RESOLUTE (built 1914 in Bristol, R.I.) and the 110'4" Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson built cutter SHAMROCK IV (built 1914 in Gosport, England) at the start of the the 5th America's Cup race. Visible in image: starboard beam view of cutters RESOLUTE (full view, white hull) and SHAMROCK IV (partial view, dark hull) on port close-hauled tack under sail with gaff-rigged mainsails, topsails, staysails, jibs and flying jibs. SHAMROCK IV is seen in the lead. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 40. NOTE: THIS IMAGE IS PART OF THE LIMITED EDITION ROSENFELD COLLECTION PORTFOLIO WHICH MAY BE PURCHASED IN OUR SHOPPING ONLINE AREA. IT IS AVAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY ONLY FOR RESEARCH AND FOR PUBLICATION LICENSING. IT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR ANY FINE ART DECORATIVE PRINT PURCHASES. Typed on original negative sleeve:"11282 / [Box] 889-1" and handwritten: "July 27, 1920 / International Cup Races, 5th Race." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.11282

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection