AUTEUR : James Burton
REF : 0
EDITION : 1903
DATE : 31 Jul 1903
COURSE : 0
DESCRIPTION SITE :
Medium: 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 20 x 24 cm.
Summary: Photograph shows gaff cutter designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island, for the 1903 America's Cup. The ship in front of Reliance is Columbia. This shot was taken during the Cup trials, rather than the actual America's Cup races. Columbia had won the previous two Cup races, but got trounced by Reliance in the 1903 trials. (Source: C. Seavey, 2018) NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP : LICENCE : Autorisation en cours |