RELIANCE V – Historic Reproduction
(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: RELIANCE V, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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RELIANCE V
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The name on this print is Reliance V, which the Bain News Service recorded on the negative or caption card, though the library notes that the title is unverified. It most likely refers to the yacht *Reliance*, the 1903 America's Cup defender that Cornelius Vanderbilt III commissioned from Herreshoff. Bain's glass negatives documented ships, harbors, and crowds for newspaper use over several decades, so the picture reflects the busy sporting and maritime news of its era. The rigging and sail shape are worth a close look, since they show the racing hull design of the time.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,223 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11380 |
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