Yacht "Puritan" of Boston – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Yacht "Puritan" of Boston, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Yacht "Puritan" of Boston
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The yacht *Puritan* was a Boston boat, and this print names her home port in its title, a point of local pride in the 1880s. She was built for the 1885 America's Cup, when a syndicate of Boston sportsmen fielded her as the defender against the British challenger *Genesta*. Her designer, Edward Burgess, drew a centerboard sloop meant to beat the heavier British cutters in the light winds of the Atlantic coast. Currier & Ives, the New York printmakers, issued many such sporting lithographs, and their yacht views were popular with a public following the rivalry between American and British boats.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1885. |
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| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 8,156 × 6,113 px · prints to 27 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 10 |
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