RELIANCE, cutter at 1903 America's Cup race

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1903 (original negative)
overall: 5 x 4 in.; 12.7 x 10.16 cm

4 x 5 (vertical) copy negative, made by Rosenfeld and Sons. Made from an image from an 8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton in 1903. Bow view of RELIANCE seen wing and wing, displaying her 16,160 square feet of sail, during the America's Cup races. RELIANCE successfully defended against SHAMROCK III, owned by Sir. Thomas Lipton, who's steam yacht ERIN can be seen in the background of this negative. The original negative is a horizontal format and is published in A CENTURY UNDER SAIL in vertical format. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 32.

B.1984.187.597CN.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer