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Rose Dorothea, with broken topmast in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup – Antique Print

Rose Dorothea, with broken topmast in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup, [1907] — historic photograph
Rose Dorothea, with broken topmast in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup, [1907]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Rose Dorothea, with broken topmast in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Rose Dorothea, with broken topmast in first [?] Fishermen's Race for Lipton Cup

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A broken topmast is what sets this view of the schooner *Rose Dorothea* apart from other pictures of the 1907 contest. The Fishermen's Race for the Lipton Cup pitted fishing schooners against one another in Massachusetts Bay, with the trophy donated by the Scottish tea merchant Thomas Lipton, a well-known yachtsman. These working vessels were built for heavy seas and rigged for speed, so a damaged rig was a real hazard during a hard race. The glass negative is possibly the work of Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins, a Massachusetts photographer whose images were distributed by the Detroit Publishing Company.

Created / published[1907]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesPossibly by Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022496. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsRose Dorothea (Schooner) Yachts. Regattas. Fishermen's Race. Marine accidents.United States--Massachusetts--Massachusetts Bay.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65385

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