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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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The photograph shows the two yachts Constitution and Columbia together on the water, a pairing that makes this image distinct from the many other Detroit Publishing Company views of sailing craft. In 1901, the two boats were rivals in the America's Cup, the premier yacht race of the era, and the record notes this view was probably taken during trial runs before the contest. Constitution, a Herreshoff-designed sloop built for the 1930s-era Cup challenge tradition, and Columbia, the defending champion's design, were both matched against British challengers in those years. The glass negative, one of the Detroit company's large-format plates, preserves the sharp detail of sails and hulls that make the rivalry easy to see.

Created / published[1901]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Probably trial for America's Cup races. 427" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042590. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69730

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