SHAMROCK II, cutter, ca. 1901

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Erie Basin
1901
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1901. Image of SHAMROCK II, port quarter view in dry dock with her hull being scraped for repainting and crew working on deck. The dry dock is the Erie Basin Dry Dock of Brooklyn, New York. Many unidentified spectators in the background on the sides of the dry dock. SHAMROCK II was a 137' cutter and British challenger for 1901 America's Cup. She was owned by Sir Thomas Lipton, designed by George L. Watson and built by William Denny and Brothers, Ltd. of Dumbarton on Leven in Scotland in 1901. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y588B / Shamrock II / Sloop / Box 59". Handwritten info. from negative margins: "1460". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.588B

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer