RELIANCE, Hoisting main sail, 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, NY, New York
1903
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm

8x10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1903. Image of the crew of the cutter RELIANCE hoising the mainsail. Visible in image: crew on main halyard, with two men hauling and the rest tailing, one man standing on boom, mate tending a line attached to the sail, town in background on shore. Written on original negative sleeve: "Reliance - Deck".

B.1984.187.966

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer