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Columbia – Vintage Wall Art

Columbia, 1899 Aug. 2; c1899. — historic photograph
Columbia, 1899 Aug. 2; c1899.. 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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Columbia comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The sloop *Columbia* was a racing yacht designed by Nathanael Herreshoff, and in 1899 it defended the America's Cup in waters off Newport, Rhode Island, against Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger, *Shamrock*. Newport was the summer playground of wealthy American families and a center of yachting, so pictures like this one record a sport that drew large crowds to the harbor. The Detroit Publishing Company made many views of such resort towns for sale to travelers, and this 8 by 10 inch glass negative from August 1899 still shows a break in its upper right corner, a reminder of how fragile these plates were.

Created / published1899 Aug. 2; c1899.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreNewport
NotesNegative broken, upper right. Aug. 2
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 782 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70961

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