SHAMROCK II, 1901

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, NV
1901
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton in 1901. Starboard beam view of the cutter SHAMROCK II. Vessel seen under sail at the 1901 America's Cup challenge in New York Bay. SHAMROCK II was a British challenger in the 1901 America's Cup. She was designed by George L. Watson and built by William Denny & Bro., in Dumbarton on Leven, Scotland 1901. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "B575 / Shamrock II / Box 35".

B.1984.187.575

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer