Valkyrie

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

1895-09-12

GUSN

GUSN-278803

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Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
Prints
Negative numbers 5988 - 6111
Valkyrie
(current record)

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Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
- Prints
  - Negative numbers 5988 - 6111
    - Defender, with crew trimming sails
    - Defender
    - Valkyrie
    - Valkyrie
    - International Race After Foul
    - International Yacht Race After Starting Gun
    - International Yacht Race Before Gun
    - Valkyrie (current record)
    - Spinster
    - Spinster
    - Paoli

Description

Third America's Cup race between Defender & Valkyrie III, Valkyrie III immediately withdrew after the start, leading to an eclat between her owner Dunraven and the New York Yacht Club.Valkyrie III, designed by Watson in 1894/1895; a rather wide boat compared to the 1893 Valkyrie II from where she can be distinguished always because she had her martingale, or bobstay spreader, attached to the bowsprit some two feet forward of the stem h

Details

Descriptive Terms

yachts
sloops (sailing vessels)
photographs

Additional Identification Number

Stebbins negative 5998

Physical Description

1 photograph

Collection Code

PC047

Collection Name

Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection

Reference Code

PC047.02.2110.05998

Record Details

Originator

Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)

Material Type

photographs

Description Level

Item

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