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Chester W. Chapin, N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club] steamer, America's Cup races – Vintage Print

Chester W. Chapin, N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club] steamer, America's Cup races, 1901 — historic photograph
Chester W. Chapin, N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club] steamer, America's Cup races, 1901. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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A window into the past: Chester W. Chapin, N.Y.Y.C. [New York Yacht Club] steamer, America's Cup races, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Steam yachts of the New York Yacht Club trailed the America's Cup match of 1901, and this glass negative records one of them, the *Chester W. Chapin*, as it cruised among the race fleet. That series saw the defending schooner *Columbia* beat Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger *Shamrock II* in three straight races, with the club's steamers carrying members and guests along to watch. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch plate, was then photographing American cities, resorts and events for sale as postcards and prints, so the picture also shows how the yachting season drew crowds to the New York waterfront.

Created / published1901
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes541" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021680. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64730

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