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The yacht squadron at Newport – Antique Print

The yacht squadron at Newport — historic print
The yacht squadron at Newport. Historic print from the Newport 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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The yacht squadron gathered at Newport is a color halftone reproduction of a 1870s scene of sailing yachts moored or under way off the Rhode Island resort. Newport was then a fashionable summer colony, and its harbor drew wealthy owners who raced and cruised their vessels there each season. The yachts of the decade were large, gaff-rigged boats with long bowsprits and heavy sail plans, and their ranked arrangement in a group shows how the sport was organized around clubs and annual fleet gatherings. The publication itself dates from 1974, when a Connecticut firm issued the color print for Newport sellers, so it reflects a later revival of interest in the town's maritime past.

Medium1 photomechanical print : halftone, color.
Notes[Connecticut] : Meriden Gravure Company for Mary Heins Rommel, Arnold Art Store and The Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island, 1974.
SubjectsYachts--1870-1880.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,004 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-175589

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