1895-07-20
GUSN-278702
First trial race between Defender and Vigilant, 30 miles windward and leeward from Scotland lightship. Defender's first race and win.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 electrolysDuplicate neg. no. Check if this shouldn't be just one entry with an additional note.
yachts
sloops (sailing vessels)
photographs
Stebbins negative 5664.5
1 photograph
PC047
Nathaniel L. Stebbins photographic collection
PC047.02.2010.05664b
Stebbins, N. L. (Nathaniel Livermore), 1847-1922 (Photographer)
photographs
Dup?1/2 c
Item
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