Afterguard of SHAMROCK IV, cutter at Second Race of America's Cup, 1920

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, NY, New York
1920-07-17
glass
5 x 7 x 0 in.

5x7 glass plate negative photographed by Morris Rosenfeld on July 17, 1920. Image of 110.33' Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson built cutter SHAMROCK IV (built 1914 in Gosport, England) at second race of America's Cup off New York. Visible in image: cropped aft deck port view of SHAMROCK IV with crew in whites sailor suits and white bucket hats, officers in straw hats, dark suit jackets and vests and white pants, a woman is seated in the cockpit, the main boom is visible overhead. Note on negative sleeve: "C. Nicholson (w/ hat); Mrs. Burton; Sherman Hoyt (writing); William P. Burton (at wheel); Capt. Turner (behind Burton to right)". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 22-23 and 44. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “4211-F July 17/20 / V / 2nd Race Shamrock IV / Box 543”.

1984.187.4211F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection