SHAMROCK IV, the RELIEF lightship, and RESOLUTE at the finish of the 5th America's Cup race, 1920

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York Bay
July 27, 1920
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the time of the end of the fifth and final race of the America's Cup challenge July 27th, 1920. Image description: SHAMROCK IV, on the left with a dark hull, racing against RESOLUTE, to the right, with the lightship RELIEF in the background. SHAMROCK IV was a 110' British cutter built by Camper and Nicholson of Gosport, England from designs by Charles E. Nicholson in 1914. RESOLUTE was a 106'3"cutter, designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1914 for the New York Yacht Club. Both the British challenger and the American defender were put in storage due to the outbreak of World War I. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "11291 / [Box] 889-10". Handwritten info: "July 27, 1920 / International Cup Race / 5th race." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

RELIEF lightship
1984.187.11291

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection