ADELAIDE II, #9, PHRYNE, #17, MINX, #13, New York 30' Class, racing, ca. 1906

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
circa 1906-07-24
emulsion on glass
8 x 10 x 0 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton July 24, circa 1906 on Long Island Sound. View of three New York 30' Class sloops, undersail, racing, starboard beam view on a slight port tack. In the foreground to the left is the vessel ADELAIDE II, #NY9, in the background to the right is the vessel PHRYNE, #NY17 and to the far right in the distance is the sloop, MINX, #NY13. The New York 30' Class one-design sloops, were built in 1905 by Herreshoff of Bristol, Rhode Island from designs by Nathanael G. Herreshoff. Handwritten from negative edge in ink: "30.3020", and handwritten in pencil: "Adelaide Jy 24". Handwritten from negative sleeve: "30". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

ADELAIDE sloop
B.1984.187.30

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer