1895-08-02
GUSN-278733
Goelet Cup, Newport; N. L. Stebbins took photos from the Amadis (Boston Globe, Aug. 3, 1895, p. 1-2). Volunteer won the slop class (after Defender had been disabled by a broken gaff); Emerald the schooner class.Defender, designed and built in 1895 by N. G. Herreshoff to defend the America's Cup against Valkyrie III. Her bottom was polished bronze, but her topsides, deck beams, and some of her deck framing were aluminum (making her a giant battery with electrolys
yachts
sloops (sailing vessels)
photographs
Stebbins negative 5695
1 photograph
PC047
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
PC047.02.2040.05695
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
photographs
Item
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