Sloop yacht LASSIE sailing past Marblehead Light

gelatin print

Gelatin print mounted on gray card; starboard view of gaff-rigged sloop yacht LASSIE on port tack; flying Corinthian (MA) burgee from topmast; Marblehead Light in background at left; print must date from before 1897 when the new Marblehead Light was built; print marked at bottom "493 LASSIE."; ink note at bottom right reads "William S. Eaton, Jr./ 95 Milk St./ Boston"; William S. Eaton, Jr, was Secretary of the Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass, and founding member of the Corinthian Yacht Club.