Idler and Hildegarde, America's Cup races – 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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Idler and Hildegarde, America's Cup races comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Idler and Hildegarde, America's Cup races
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Idler and Hildegarde are the two yachts named in this 1901 view of America's Cup racing, a season when the event drew wide public attention. The Cup was first contested in 1851 and became a long-running rivalry between American and British yacht syndicates, and in 1901 the American defender Columbia beat the British challenger Shamrock II. The picture survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative from the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that photographed American scenery, cities and events for sale around the turn of the century.
| Created / published | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 530" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021673. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 784 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64723 |
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