8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton July 2, 1903 probably on Long Island Sound. Image of the 144' cutter RELIANCE, sail #G12, undersail, port beam view on a mild port tack in July before the 1903 America's Cup races which started August 22nd. RELIANCE was a U.S. America's Cup defender against Britain's SHAMROCK III in 1903. She carried a crew of 64 and was the largest America's Cup vessel ever built at that time. She was designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., in Bristol, Rhode Island in 1903. Handwritten on neg. sleeve: "B-609 / Reliance / Box 38". Handwritten small note adhered to neg. surface upper right: "319.B14449". Handwritten on emulsion side of negative in the margins: "Reliance / July 2 (or possibly 3rd) - 03 / 39 / 609". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.