RELIANCE, deck scene, 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Burton, James
USA, NY, New York
1903
eemulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8x10 glass plate negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1903. Image of cutter RELIANCE's afterguard at sea. Visible in image: deck scene with captain and mates standing aft by wheel in black suits and crew sitting forward with white suits on, wheel, compass, lines, gaff-rigged sailboat in background. Written on original negative sleeve: "RELIANCE- AFTERGUARD / Charles Barr- at wheel / C. Oliver Iselin (2-left)".

B.1984.187.986

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer