NORTH STAR, underway, ca. 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
August 7, ca. 1903
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass negative photographed by James Burton on August 7, ca. 1903. Port bow view of the steam yacht NORTH STAR underway. NORTH STAR was designed by W. C. Storey, and built by Naval Construction & Arm., Ltd. of England in 1893. She was built as VENETIA, and later renamed, SYBARITE, and CHEROKEE. She was owned by Cornelius Vanderbilt III from 1903-1914 under the name NORTH STAR. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "North Star". Handwritten in ink on original negative margin: "North Star / Aug. 7". Written on emulsion side and lower left and right corners is the number: "308" and "North Star, Aug. 7" is written in pencil along the top edge of the negative. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

B.1984.187.308

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer