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Burton, James (-) USA

Category: PHOTOGRAPHS

BurtonJVJames Burton was a prominent maritime photographer of the early 20th century. His photographs are in the collections of the Mystic Seaport Museum and the Library of Congress.
During the Spanish-American War, James Burton was the specia lphotographer to Harper'sWeekly. This war was the first conflict in American history to be recorded by both still photography and moving images.

He also photographed the Americas Cup races between 1893 and 1903.

 

James Burton - 38 PHOTOS
James Burton
VIGILANT, 1893
James Burton
DEFENDER, spinnaker set, starboard beam view undersail, 1895
James Burton
COLUMBIA, 1899
James Burton
SHAMROCK and COLUMBIA, Start of 2nd race, port bow view, America’s Cup ,1899
James Burton
Shamrock and Columbia (foreground) racing neck-and-neck at the start of the second race of the 1899 America’s Cup
James Burton
COLUMBIA and SHAMROCK, 1899
James Burton
Shamrock II and Columbia maneuvering for the start, Oct. 1, 1901.
James Burton
COLUMBIA and SHAMROCK II, finish third race, 1901
James Burton
DEFENDER, #G2, undersail, passing CORSAIR (3rd), ca. 1903
James Burton
SHAMROCK III, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, cutter,#G16, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, crew handling sail on deck, 1903
James Burton
Hoisting RELIANCE's Topsail, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, deck scene, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, deck scene, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, wind and wing, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, hauled out, 1903
James Burton
C. Oliver Iselin, RELIANCE, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, #G16, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, formal pose of crew and officers, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, deck scene, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, Deck Scene, 1903
James Burton
Captain Charles Barr at the helm, ca. 1903
James Burton
Captain Charles Barr, 1903
James Burton
Crew members hoisting sails on board the cutter Reliance
James Burton
Crew lying on board the tilting deck of the Reliance
James Burton
Reliance, Columbia and Constitution
James Burton
RELIANCE, launching at Herreshoff Yard, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE breakdown, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE undersail, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, #G16, undersail, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE and SHAMROCK III - The start
James Burton
RELIANCE, #G16, leading SHAMROCK III, preparatory to first race, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, #G16, and SHAMROCK III, before the start of the 2nd America's Cup Race, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE, #G16, and SHAMROCK, start of 2nd race, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE winning the 2nd America’s Cup Race, 1903
James Burton
RELIANCE and SHAMROCK III, 3rd race, America
   

 

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