Document No 1286: DEFENDER, bow view with spinnaker set sailing on Block Island Sound, 1899

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AUTEUR : Charles E. Bolles

REF : 0

EDITION : 1895

DATE : 1899

COURSE : 0

DESCRIPTION SITE :

8x10 glass plate negative photographed by the photographer Charles Edwin Bolles probably on September 2 in the year 1899 according to the notations from the negative margin. Image of the 123' cutter, DEFENDER (BU & DS: Herreshoff, 1895), sailing on Long Island Sound. Visible in image: starboard bow view of the cutter, DEFENDER with gaff-rigged mainsail, topsail, genoa jib and spinnaker raised, undersail, running free, crew at work. Mainsail covering most of vessel's deck aft. In the distance to the right is an unidentified steam yacht. Written on negative sleeve: "Defender / Y421B / Sloop / Bolles / Box 27". Handwritten on negative upper right margin edge emulsion side: "Copyright '99 / #1139 / Defender / 9-2". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

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LICENCE :
Public domain
BATEAUX : DEFENDER
LIENS VERS CE DOCUMENT
SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
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