Yacht Norseman of New York – Historic Print
(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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A window into the past: Yacht Norseman of New York, preserved in this historic image. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Yacht Norseman of New York
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The yacht Norseman appears here as a single vessel, a choice that sets it apart from the many harbor and fleet scenes the firm issued. Currier & Ives published this print from New York around 1882, when yacht racing had become a fashionable pastime for wealthy New Yorkers and sailing craft crowded the harbor and Long Island Sound. The firm sold its prints to a broad middle-class market, so images like this brought the excitement of the sport into ordinary parlors. Notice how the sails and rigging are drawn to suggest speed and the crispness of a day on open water.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1882. |
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| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 10,045 × 7,137 px · prints to 33 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 7 |
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