PICTURES OF THE RACES (1899)

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Category: 1899 : CHALLENGE N°10

The sources

It's the last Cup for the faithful John S. Johnston, who died several weeks later of a heart attack near Niagara Falls. John thank you for all your work ...

The yacht photography of John S. Johnston

The Library of Congress (Detroit Publishing Co)

 

Embarking on a journey in time ...

with first, cancellations due to lack of wind ...

October 3 :

OCT. 3, 1899 - 14 PICTURES
New York Times THE COURSE OF THE TENTH CHALLENGE - FIRST ATTEMPT 03 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I, shipping spinnaker boom 03 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I, setting top sail 03 Oct 1899 - 10:30	Harper's Weekly The First Attempt for the "America’s" Cup: Maneuvring for the Start 03 Oct 1899 - 11:00
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia setting spinnaker boom, Oct. 3, 1899 03 Oct 1899 - 11:10	Charles DIXON THE START FOR THE FIRST ATTEMPT AT A RACE, OCTOBER 3 1899 03 Oct 1899 - 11:15	Edward HOPPER Columbia and Shamrock, America’s Cup; 1899 03 Oct 1899 - 11:17	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia setting spinnaker and Shamrock, after start. 03 Oct 1899 - 11:17
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I, the start 03 Oct 1899 - 11:20	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock after the start 03 Oct 1899 - 11:20	John S. Johnston A start, Columbia, Shamrock [I] . 03 Oct 1899 - 11:22	John S. Johnston 748. Columbia and Shamrock, ’A Start’ Photo Date: Oct. 3, 1899 03 Oct 1899 - 11:22
John S. Johnston Shamrock 03 Oct 1899 - 11:30	John S. Johnston Shamrock 03 Oct 1899 - 11:50

 

October 5 :

OCT. 5, 1899 - 16 PICTURES
New York Times THE COURSE OF THE TENTH CHALLENGE - SECOND ATTEMPT 05 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia coming for the line. 05 Oct 1899 - 10:30	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia coming for the line. 05 Oct 1899 - 10:30	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia before the start 05 Oct 1899 - 10:40
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I maneuvering for the start. 05 Oct 1899 - 10:50	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 05 Oct 1899 - 10:55	John S. Johnston Shamrock [and] Columbia, before start. 05 Oct 1899 - 10:55	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia, the start. 05 Oct 1899 - 10:57
Charles DIXON THE START FOR THE SECOND ATTEMPT AT A RACE, OCTOBER 5 1899 05 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I across the starting line. 05 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I after the start. 05 Oct 1899 - 11:05	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I on the line. 05 Oct 1899 - 11:05
Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 05 Oct 1899 - 14:50	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 05 Oct 1899 - 14:55	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia 05 Oct 1899 - 15:00	Charles DIXON ON BOARD THE STEAM YACHT ERIN: THREE CHEERS FOR THE COLUMBIA 05 Oct 1899 - 16:00

 

October 7 :

OCT. 7, 1899 - 19 PICTURES
New York Times THE COURSE OF THE TENTH CHALLENGE - THIRD ATTEMPT 07 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I before the start 07 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 07 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I, ready for the start, Oct. 7, ’99. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:10
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I coming for the line. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:15	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia driving by the Shamrock I. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:16	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia and Shamrock before the start 07 Oct 1899 - 11:17	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock at starting gun 07 Oct 1899 - 11:20
Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia and Shamrock at start 07 Oct 1899 - 11:20	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia crossing the line, Shamrock I astern. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:20	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I crossing the line 07 Oct 1899 - 11:20	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia and Shamrock start from the Lightship 07 Oct 1899 - 11:22
Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia and Shamrock after start 07 Oct 1899 - 11:25	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I trying to blanket Columbia. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:25	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia after the start. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:25	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I, a luffing match. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:26
Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 07 Oct 1899 - 11:30	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock 07 Oct 1899 - 11:30	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I, luffing into the excursion fleet. 07 Oct 1899 - 11:30

 

or lack of visibility ...

October 12 :

OCT. 12, 1899 - 8 PICTURES
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia 12 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I 12 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia 12 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia, becalmed in fog. 12 Oct 1899
Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I 12 Oct 1899	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I, Oct. 12, 1899 12 Oct 1899	Scott Cameron Out of the Morn Mist 12 Oct 1899 - 12:00	Richard Lane "Waiting for a Breeze" Shamrock and Columbia 12 Oct 1899 - 12:00

 

and finally the big day ...

October 16 :

OCT. 16, 1899 - 13 PICTURES
New York Times THE COURSE OF THE TENTH CHALLENGE - FIRST RACE 16 Oct 1899	John S. Johnston A start. 16 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia at the start. 16 Oct 1899 - 11:01	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I and Columbia two minutes after start. 16 Oct 1899 - 11:02
Jacques La Grange The Start of the Race, 1899 16 Oct 1899 - 11:05	Simon Dufrais Columbia leading Shamrock 16 Oct 1899 - 11:10	James Gale Tyler America’s Cup Race, 1899 16 Oct 1899 - 11:15	James Gale Tyler Columbia in the America’s Cup Race of 1899 16 Oct 1899 - 12:00
Leon Alaric Shafer THE COLUMBIA AT THE FINISH 16 Oct 1899 - 15:55	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia coming for the finish 16 Oct 1899 - 16:45	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia at finish 16 Oct 1899 - 16:50	Nath. L. Stebbins Shamrock at finish 16 Oct 1899 - 17:00
Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I crossing finishing line. 16 Oct 1899 - 17:04

 

followed by the second race ...

October 17 :

OCT. 17, 1899 - 15 PICTURES
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia coming for the line. 17 Oct 1899 - 10:40	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I coming for the line. 17 Oct 1899 - 10:40	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I before the start. 17 Oct 1899 - 10:50	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia before the start 17 Oct 1899 - 10:50
Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I before the start, Oct. 17, 1899. 17 Oct 1899 - 10:55	Nath. L. Stebbins Columbia & Shamrock at start 17 Oct 1899 - 11:00	James Burton SHAMROCK and COLUMBIA, Start of 2nd race, port bow view, America’s Cup ,1899 17 Oct 1899 - 11:05	James Burton Shamrock and Columbia (foreground) racing neck-and-neck at the start of the second race of the 1899 America’s Cup 17 Oct 1899 - 11:05
Leon Alaric Shafer SHAMROCK CARRYING AWAY HER TOPMAST 17 Oct 1899 - 11:25	Leon Alaric Shafer START - SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING THE LINE 17 Oct 1899 - 11:25	San Francisco Call TOPMAST OF THE CUP CHALLENGER CARRYING AWAY 17 Oct 1899 - 11:25	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock I with broken topmast. 17 Oct 1899 - 11:30
Nath. L. Stebbins Shamrock 17 Oct 1899 - 11:30	Charles DIXON TOWING THE SHAMROCK HOME AFTER THE ACCIDENT 17 Oct 1899 - 11:45	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia at the finish 17 Oct 1899 - 14:35

 

and again postponed for lack of wind ...

October 19 :

OCT. 19, 1899 - 6 PICTURES
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia before the start 19 Oct 1899 - 10:50	Detroit Publish. Co. Shamrock and Columbia maneuvering for the start. 19 Oct 1899 - 10:55	James Burton COLUMBIA and SHAMROCK, 1899 19 Oct 1899 - 10:59	Harper's Weekly The Struggle For the "America’s" Cup - The Two Yachts Bearing Down on the Line Just Before the Starting-Gun: "Columbia" Leading." 19 Oct 1899 - 10:59
Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I, the start. 19 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Detroit Publish. Co. Columbia and Shamrock I after the start, Oct. 19, ’99. 19 Oct 1899 - 11:02

 

and finally ... the end!

October 20: but where are the photographers ???

OCT. 20, 1899 - 24 PICTURES
New York Times THE COURSE OF THE TENTH CHALLENGE - THIRD RACE 20 Oct 1899	Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (1) 20 Oct 1899 - 10:55	Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (2) 20 Oct 1899 - 10:58	Charles DIXON THE START FOR THE FINAL RACE 20 Oct 1899 - 11:00
Inconnu Columbia leading Shamrock I. at the start of the last race of 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Inconnu Shamrock I as seen from Columbia 20 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (3) 20 Oct 1899 - 11:00	Frederick Cozzens America’s Cup – COLUMBIA vs. SHAMROCK, 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 11:10
Inconnu Columbia defeating Shamrock II for the America’s Cup 20 Oct 1899 - 11:45	Anthony D. Blake Columbia passes Shamrock I during race 3 of the America’s Cup 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 12:00	Anthony D. Blake America’s Cup, 1899, Race 3 20 Oct 1899 - 12:00	Steven Dews Columbia and Shamrock off Rhode Island, 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 12:10
Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (4) 20 Oct 1899 - 12:17	Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (5) 20 Oct 1899 - 12:19	Anthony D. Blake Columbia passes to windward of Shamrock I during the third race of the America’s Cup, 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 12:22	Scientific American OFFICIAL BIOGRAPH PICTURES OF THE YACHT RACE TAKEN FROM THE COMMITTEE BOAT (6) 20 Oct 1899 - 12:22
Russ Kramer A Thrash to Windward: Mrs. Iselin and the Crew of COLUMBIA, 1899 20 Oct 1899 - 12:25	W. G. Wood Columbia, Cutter, and Shamrock I. in their final Race 20 Oct 1899 - 12:25	Thomas J Burnell Columbia and Shamrock I Off Sandy Hook 20 Oct 1899 - 12:28	Anthony D. Blake Columbia leads Shamrock 20 Oct 1899 - 12:30
Steven Dews The Last Beat 20 Oct 1899 - 12:40	Tim Thompson 1899 "Columbia" (New York Yacht Club) defeats "Shamrock" (Royal Ulster Yacht Club 20 Oct 1899 - 14:30	W. G. Wood Columbia near the Finish Line in final Race against Shamrock 1 20 Oct 1899 - 14:35	Charles DIXON THE FINISH OF THE LAST RACE: COLUMBIA CROSSING THE LINE THE WINNER OF THE CUP 20 Oct 1899 - 14:40

 

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