AVENGER, #K4, undersail off Larchmont, New York, circa 1907

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, NY, Larchmont
June 20, circa 1907
emulsion on glass
overall: 10 x 8 in.

10 x 8 glass negative photographed by James Burton ca. 1907 of the sloop AVENGER off Larchmont, New York, undersail, starboard bow view on a port tack with a man standing on the bowsprit working the lines. AVENGER was a 74'9" K Class cutter, sail #K4, designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1907 for Robert W. Emmons II. Negative sleeve info. handwritten: "B3 / Box 1 / Avenger K4 / Plate 3". Info. handwritten on negative edges in pencil and in ink: "Avenger, Larchmont June 20 / 3 / 3041". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer, acquired in honor of Jack Aron.

B.1984.187.3

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer, acquired in honor of Jack Aron