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Columbia turning outer mark – Antique Wall Art

Columbia turning outer mark, 1901 Oct. 4. — historic photograph
Columbia turning outer mark, 1901 Oct. 4.. 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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Step back in time with Columbia turning outer mark, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Columbia turning outer mark

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Columbia rounding the outer mark, as the title has it, shows the yacht of that name in the middle of a turn, likely during the October 1901 America's Cup races off Newport, Rhode Island. Designed by Nathanael Herreshoff and sailed by Charlie Barr, Columbia won that series against the British challenger Shamrock II, and the races drew large crowds of spectators on the water and along the shore. The glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers recorded American places and events around the turn of the century.

Created / published1901 Oct. 4.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes540" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021657. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 805 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64707

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