COLUMBIA, 1899

gelatin silver print

8 x 10 gelatin silver print taken by James Burton on Long Island Sound, 1899. Printed by Rosenfeld and Sons, date unknown. Port beam view of the cutter COLUMBIA under sail. Vessel seen on a starboard tack. COLUMBIA was a U.S. America's Cup defender in 1899 and again in 1901. She was designed by N. G. Herreshoff and built at Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., in Bristol, RI 1899. 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: "Columbia - 1899".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer