Columbia and Constitution – Vintage Wall Art
![Columbia and Constitution, [1901] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2c9b8ec7e33a-L.webp)
(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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Two sleek racing yachts, Columbia and Constitution, appear together here, captured in the trial races held in 1901 to choose the American defender for the America's Cup. Columbia emerged from those trials and went on to face Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, Shamrock II. The picture was made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers worked across the country in this period, and it survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative. Its catalog notes say the trial race is the likely occasion, which makes the image a useful record of the sailing rivalry that drew wide public attention at the turn of the century.
| Created / published | [1901] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Probably trial for America's Cup. 412" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021594. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64649 |
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