IROQUOIS, circa 1886

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton, circa 1886. Port beam view of the steel hulled schooner IROQUOIS. IROQUOIS was designed by A. Cary Smith, and built by Harlan & Hollingsworth Corp., Delaware, 1886. On March 12, 1888, she survived the great blizzard in the West Indies -- in which the 100ft. CYTHERA was lost. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 19. Written on back: "IROQUOIS" and embossed in lower right corner: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / N.Y.".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer