Aurora, Newport – Antique 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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Aurora, Newport comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Newport, Rhode Island, in early August 1899 is the setting for this view of the steam yacht *Aurora*, one of the large private vessels that anchored off the resort town's waterfront. Wealthy families who summered in Newport during the Gilded Age kept such yachts for pleasure cruising and racing, so the harbor was a regular stage for them. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative. Its title style and numbering point to the Detroit Publishing Company, though the record does not confirm the maker. The Library of Congress received it as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.
| Created / published | 1899 Aug. 3. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Attribution based on style of title and numbering. 732" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Aurora (Steam yacht) Steam yachts.United States--Rhode Island--Newport. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70844 |
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