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Reliance crossing the finish line, Aug. 25, 1903 – Antique Print

Reliance crossing the finish line, Aug. 25, 1903, c1903. — historic photograph
Reliance crossing the finish line, Aug. 25, 1903, c1903.. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Reliance crossing the finish line, Aug. 25, 1903. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Reliance crossing the finish line, Aug. 25, 1903

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Few yachts of the early twentieth century drew as much attention as Reliance, the sloop built by the Herreshoff yard in Rhode Island to defend the America's Cup in 1903. This view records her crossing the finish line on August 25, 1903, during her racing season off the New York coast. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for photographing American scenery, cities and events for sale as travel views. Glass plates like this one captured fine detail, which is why sailing scenes from the period still show rigging and water so clearly.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes1507" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021776. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64821

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