SHAMROCK III, 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, NY, Long Island Sound
1903
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton on Long Island Sound, 1903. Port quarter view of the cutter SHAMROCK III under sail. SHAMROCK III was a British challenger in the 1903 America's Cup. She was painted white, while all the other SHAMROCK's were painted green. She was designed by William Fife Jr., and George Watson, and built by William Denny & Bro. in Dumbarton on Leven, Scotland 1903. She was owned by Sir Thomas Lipton. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "B 585 / Shamrock III / Box 36".

B.1984.187.585

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer