COLUMBIA, #G14, undersail, 1899

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
1899
eemulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass negative photographed by James Burton on Long Island Sound in 1899. Port beam view of the 132' cutter ,COLUMBIA, undersail, port beam view on a starboard tack. COLUMBIA was a U.S. America's Cup defender in 1899 and again in 1901. She was designed by N.G. Herreshoff and built at Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., in Bristol, RI. in 1899. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "G-14 COLUMBIA 1899 / B-944 / Box 59". Handwritten in ink directly onto glass plate: "944". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

B.1984.187.944

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer