CONSTITUTION and COLUMBIA, cutters at America's Cup trial, 1901

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
1901
paper
Bolles, Charles Edwin; Rosenfeld and Sons
11 x 14 in.

11 x 14 gelatin silver print from 8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles, in an early Cup trial, 1901. View of 132' Herreshoff cutter CONSTITUTION (built 1901 in Bristol, R.I.) and 132' Herreshoff cutter COLUMBIA (built 1899 in Bristol, R.I.). Visible in image: port beam view of COLUMBIA (foreground) and CONSTITUTION on down wind tacks under sail with mainsail, topsails, jibs and spinnakers set, land and spectator boats in background. These two vessels raced eighteen times from July to September 5th in 1901. They tied in number of races won, but COLUMBIA was selected as the defender. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 30. Stamped on back in blue rectangular box: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970". Also stamped: "COPYRIGHT / MORRIS ROSENFELD, N.Y.".

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