AMERICA, circa 1893

copy negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1891-1895 (original negative)
overall: 4 x 5 in.; 10.16 x 12.7 cm

4 x 5 copy negative, made by Rosenfeld and Sons, of a print from an 8 x 10 glass plate negative, taken by James Burton circa 1893. Starboard quarter view of the schooner, AMERICA. 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. Printed on negative sleeve: "REITER-DULBERG / REITER-DULBERG LABORATORIES, INC. / 157 WEST 54TH STREET / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 / 212-582-6871 / COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICES". For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 21.

B.1984.187.651CN.1

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer