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[Yachts Constitution and Columbia] – Historic Print

[Yachts Constitution and Columbia], [1901] — historic photograph
[Yachts Constitution and Columbia], [1901]. 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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A window into the past: [Yachts Constitution and Columbia], preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Two sleek racing yachts, the *Constitution* and the *Columbia*, are the subjects of this 1901 glass-plate negative, probably taken during trial races ahead of that year's America's Cup defense. Both were built for the New York Yacht Club's defense effort, and their contest drew wide newspaper attention on the East Coast. The Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed American landscapes, towns and events for commercial sale, made the picture, and its large 8 by 10 inch format captures the fine rigging and sail detail that smaller cameras could not.

Created / published[1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Probably trial for America's Cup races. 428" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042589. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69729

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