RELIANCE, 1903
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
emulsion on photographic paper
overall: 0.00 x 0.00; image: 8.00 x 10.00
8 x 10 gelatin silver print made by Rosenfeld and Sons. Original negative photographed by James Burton in New York Harbor, 1903. View of the cutter RELIANCE in drydock. Large crew seen aboard vessel, while smaller crafts are seen in the water below. RELIANCE was a Herreshoff designed, US America's Cup 1903 defender, and the largest America's Cup boat ever built to that date. She defended against Shamrock III in 1903. She was bronze plated over steel frames, flat sections, a fin keel & long overhangs. She also placed a number of winches below deck, with both halyards & sheets led below. RELIANCE had 2 steering wheels, a hollow rudder which could be filled or emptied, special winches, shifting gears, and other new design changes. She was syndicate owned by: H. Vanderbilt, Rockerfeller, and others. Her syndicate manager was C. Oliver Iselin, and her captain was Charles Barr. She carried a crew of 64. RELIANCE was broken up after the 1903 race and scrapped. Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970" [address crossed out with black pen]. Restamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD AND SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404". Handwritten in pencil upper left edge: "Reliance - 1903". Handwritten in pen lower right: "B-655". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.
B.1984.187.655.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection