VIGILANT, 1893

contact print

8 x 10 contact print from a negative taken by James Burton on Long Island Sound in 1893. Printed by Rosenfeld and Sons, date unknown. Starboard bow view of the cutter VIGILANT under sail. VIGILANT was a U.S. America's Cup defender in 1893. She was the first Herreshoff designed defender and the last centerboard defender. She was built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in Bristol, RI 1893. Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD AND SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404". Handwritten on back: "Vigilant - 1893". Original negative number B.1984.187.646.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer