DORIS, #J/19, gaff-rigged as a cutter, 1905

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
August 14, 1905
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton on August 14, 1905. Image of DORIS undersail, port beam view on a starboard tack with crew and guests on board. DORIS was originally built in 1905 as a sloop by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island from designs by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and rerigged that year as a cutter. DORIS was the first yacht built to under the Universal Rule of yacht design. Changed to a ketch in 1934 and changed to an auxiliary ketch in 1937. Name changes: DORIS-1905, ASTARTE-1934, HUNTRESS-1937, and VAYU-1940-1957. Owner from 1905 to 1913 was S. Anthony Reed. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "B-55 / DORIS". Handwritten on neg. in ink; "2661 / Doris / Aug 14 05". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.55

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer