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Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Creator: John S Johnston.

Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Creator: John S Johnston.

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Columbia, 1899 Aug 2, c1899. Columbia with a broken mast. She 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. John S Johnston, attributed to: American: PhotographerSearch Wikipedia for John S Johnston
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  1. Detroit Publishing Company: American: Photographic publishing firmSearch Wikipedia for Detroit Publishing Company
  2. Nathanael Greene Herreshoff: American: Naval architect, mechanical engineerSearch Wikipedia for Nathanael Greene Herreshoff
  3. John Pierpont Morgan: American: Financier, industrialist, businessmanSearch Wikipedia for John Pierpont Morgan
  4. Edwin D. Morgan: American: Sportsman, yachtsmanSearch Wikipedia for Edwin D. Morgan
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  1. Dry plate negative: glass: 8 x 10 in.
  2. Photograph
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4377x3645
File Size : 15,581kb

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  1. 2016813189
  1. 1010032531
  1. 2-966-226
  1. 2016813189
  1. 2966226
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