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The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870
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Currier & Ives.
Title
The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870
Object type print
object_type QS:P31,Q11060274
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English: The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870 an unsigned copy, also published later with modifications as Rounding the light ship

Inscription on this print: The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870, for the Queen's Cup won by the America at Cowes, in 1851, from the Club House, Staten Island, N.Y. around the S.W. Spit to and the light ship off Sandy Hook and back, 40 miles. Seventeen American and the English yacht Cambria started at 11.21 A. M. The race was won by Magic, which rounded the home stake boat in 3 hours, 33 minutes, 54 seconds. The Yachts Tidal Wave, Widgeon, and Alarm failed to complete the race and were ruled out.
reference copy at the MET

Abstract: 1 print : chromolithograph.
Date 1870
date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA05/burnette/Currier/yachting3.jpg
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current09:06, 28 August 2023Thumbnail for version as of 09:06, 28 August 20232,076 × 1,536 (584 KB)Broichmore (talk | contribs){{Artwork |author = Currier & Ives. |title = ''The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870'' |object type = print |description = {{en|1=''The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870'' an unsigned copy, also published later with modifications as ''Rounding the light ship''<br > Inscription on this print: ''The Great International Yacht Race, August 8, 1870'', for the Queen's Cup won by the ''America'' at Cowes, in 1851, from the Club House, Staten I...