VOLUNTEER, 1903
contact print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
USA, CT, Mystic
1903-07-20
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
8 x 10 contact print from a negative taken by James Burton on Long Island Sound off Mystic and Noank, CT, on July 20, 1903. Printed by Rosenfeld and Sons, date unknown. Starboard beam view of the sloop VOLUNTEER under sail. VOLUNTEER was a U.S. America's Cup defender, designed by Edward Burgess, and built by Pusey & Jones in Wilmington, DE 1887. Handwritten on back: "VOLUNTEER - 7/20/03". Original negative number B.1984.187.649.
B.1984.187.649.3
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer