IROQUOIS, circa 1886

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1886 (original negative)
4 x 5 in.

4 x 5 copy negative from 8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by James Burton, circa 1886. Image of 96.25' Harlan and Hollingsworth Corp. built, A. Cary Smith designed schooner IROQUOIS (built 1886 in Wilmington, Del.) underway. Visible in image: port beam view of the steel hulled schooner IROQUOIS on starboard close reach with gaff-rigged mainsail and foresail, main and foretopsails, staysail, jib and flying jib raised, carved bow decorations. On March 12, 1888, she survived the great blizzard in the West Indies -- in which the 100ft. CYTHERA was lost. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 19. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.131CN

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer