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Columbia, steel mast carried away, 1899 Aug 2, . Creator: Unknown.

Columbia, steel mast carried away, 1899 Aug 2, . Creator: Unknown.

2-972-362 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Columbia, steel mast carried away, 1899 Aug 2. Columbia was an American racing yacht designed and built in 1898-99 by Nathanael Herreshoff and the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company for owners J. Pierpont Morgan and Edwin Dennison Morgan of the New York Yacht Club. In 1899 she was the defender of the tenth America's Cup race against British challenger Shamrock. Columbia had a nickel steel frame, a bronze hull, and a steel mast.

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Detroit Publishing Company: American: Photographic publishing firm
  2. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff: American: Naval architect, mechanical engineer
  3. John Pierpont Morgan: American: Financier, industrialist, businessman
  4. Edwin D. Morgan: American: Sportsman, yachtsman
Medium
  1. 8 x 10 in.
  2. Photograph dry plate negative: glass
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World North and Central America United States Rhode Island Newport Rhode Island Newport

  1. 41 29 00 N , 071 18 00 W
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Lifestyle & Leisure Transport & Travel

Lifestyle & Leisure Sport & Pastimes

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5008x4014
File Size : 19,631kb

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  1. 2016799300
  1. 1010033841
  1. 2-972-362
  1. 2016799300
  1. 2972362

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