RELIANCE, #G16, leading SHAMROCK III, 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, NY, New York Bay
August 20, 1903
eemulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton August 20, 1903. Image of RELIANCE, #G16, leading SHAMROCK III, port beam view, during a practice run on New York Bay, New York, two days before the start of the 1903 America's Cup races. Many large yachts in the background. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "B-922 / Aug. 20, 1903 / Reliance and Shamrock III / Box 58". Handwritten in bottom margin on emulsion side of neg. in pencil, "Cup R / Aug. 20 '03 / Copyright" and in black ink, "922 / 2". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.922

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer