SHENANDOAH, undersail, 1902

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
1902-08-07
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton on August 7, 1902 of the schooner SHENANDOAH sailing on Long Island Sound showing a port beam view with shoreline in the background. SHENANDOAH was a 145' topsail, 3-masted schooner (118' between perpendiculars), built in 1902 by Townsend & Downey Ship Building Company of Shooters Island, New York and designed by Theodore E. Ferris and had a painted black hull in her early days. Handwritten info. from neg. sleeve: "185 / Shenandoah". Handwritten in black ink from negative edges: "Shenandoah / 185 / 185 / 1684". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.185

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer