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Reliance – Historic Print

Reliance, c1903. — historic photograph
Reliance, c1903.. 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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The record names this 8 x 10 inch glass negative only as "Reliance," so the title is the main clue to its subject. A c1903 date fits the 12-meter yacht *Reliance*, designed by Nathanael Herreshoff and built that year to defend the America's Cup, though the record does not confirm that this plate shows the boat. The negative belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company collection and was given to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 021723. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan795 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64770

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