AMERICA, circa 1893
gelatin silver print
PHOTOGRAPHSRosenfeld and Sons
1891-1895 (original negative)
overall: 10 x 8 in.; 25.4 x 20.32 cm
8 x 10 gelatin silver print, made by Rosenfeld and Sons, from an 8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton circa 1893. Starboard quarter view of the schooner, AMERICA (B23). AMERICA was a George Steers design, and was built by R.H. Wilson, in New York, 1851. Winning the America's Cup in 1851 was only the beginning of a long career for this famous vessel which included a time as a blockade-runner during the Civil War, a privately owned racer, and a training vessel at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD AND SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404". For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 21.
B.1984.187.651.1
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer