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25 more Johnston yacht photos from the 1880s and 1890s.

2007-06-21T10:28:16Z

Hi again everyone -
This week we uploaded 25 new images from the J. S. Johnston yacht
collection at [link] :
Lipton's 1899 America's Cup challenger, Shamrock I
1885 America's Cup winner, Puritan
1887 America's Cup winner, Volunteer
1886 America's Cup winner, Mayflower
1895 America's Cup challenger, Valkyrie II (and Vigilant)

Nine new Johnston images

2007-06-16T15:23:15Z

Hi again everyone -
(To those of you who received my last post, please disregard! Forgive
me - I didn't mean to email it to everyone!)
This morning we uploaded nine new images from the J. S. Johnston yacht
collection at [link] :
* Steam Yacht "Satanella" (Does anyone know the history of this

RE: [jsjohnston] Re: Ten images of 1890s yacht clubs and the 1899 America's Cup races

2007-06-13T14:41:06Z

Please see the attached from the NY times archives. Thanks for the
update.
-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Sheldon Heckman
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 12:25 AM
To: jsjohnston@googlegroups.com
America's Cup races
358 Atalanta - This same photo is in an article entitled Atlantic Yacht
Club in the June 1899 issue of the Outing with this caption:

Re: [jsjohnston] Ten images of 1890s yacht clubs and the 1899 America's Cup races

2007-06-13T04:24:33Z

358 Atalanta - This same photo is in an article entitled Atlantic Yacht Club
in the June 1899 issue of the Outing with this caption:
Atalanta, the flagship of Ex-commodore George Gould. - Now in the Service of
the U.S. Navy
It looks like the answer to your third question is Yes.
----- Original Message -----

Ten images of 1890s yacht clubs and the 1899 America's Cup races

2007-06-12T23:35:03Z

Hi everyone -
We've added ten new images from the J. S. Johnston yacht photography
collection, including photos of the old Atlantic Yacht Club clubhouses
(in Seagate, Coney Island as well as in Bay Ridge), the Riverside
Yacht Club clubhouse, the Indian Harbor Yacht Club clubhouse, the
Larchmont Yacht Club piazza, and the 1899 America's Cup winner

Seventeen 'new' Johnston yacht images

2007-04-22T18:21:25Z

Hi everyone -
We just added seventeen new scans from the J. S. Johnston yacht
photography collection, including photos of the Colonia, Volunteer
(1887 America's Cup winner), Puritan (1885 America's Cup winner),
Atalanta, Countess, Emma K. (of the Riverside Yacht Club), Iroquois,
Coronet, Amorita, Priscilla, Atlantic, and the mysterious schooner

New photos added and photography patents found

2007-03-04T14:27:01Z

Hi everyone -
We finally added seven new scans from the J. S. Johnston yacht
photography collection, including photos of the Valkyrie (was this
Valkyrie I, II or III?), Vigilant, Lasca, and Ethelwynn(e). Does
anyone know anything about the Ethelwynn(e)? (And which is the proper
spelling?)
We also added one new photograph of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club (we

John S. Johnston's 1899 death record, Niagara Falls, NY

2007-01-07T14:24:30Z

We just recieved John S. Johnston's 1899 death record from the City
Clerk's office in Niagara Falls, NY. Nothing terribly new, but still of
interest:
Name: John S. Johnston
Date of Death: December 17, 1899; 6:00 AM
Age at Death: 60+ Years
Sex: Male
Employment: Photographer
Marital Status: Married

Jubilee, Pilgrim, Vigilant, the 1893 America's Cup, and more...

2007-01-02T22:04:16Z

Hi again -
We just added another ten new 1890s Johnston yacht photographs today
on [link] :
* Norota - the cutter built by B. F. Wood from the designs of William Gardner
* Pilgrim - a defense candidate by a Boston syndicate for the 1893
America's Cup
* Molly Bawn
* Mary
* Embla - a big steam yacht - probably the 135.6' steam yacht built

Ten new Johnston yacht photos added

2007-01-01T20:05:32Z

We added ten new Johnston photographs to [link]
today, including the following yachts from 1885-1899:
- Saghaya
- Vigilant (the 1893 America's Cup winner, designed by Nat Herreshoff)
- Fugitive
- Volsung
- Cyclone
- Pilgrim (the 1893 Boston candidate for the America's Cup)
- Tigress (the Phil Ellsworth-designed sloop?)

20 new photos added to jsjohnston.org

2006-12-31T14:11:05Z

Hi everyone -
We added another batch of photographs to [link],
including the steam yachts Barracouta, Au Revoir, and Freelance; the
catboats Regina, Eurybia and Ursula; America's Cup contestants Defender
and Valkyrie III in the 1895 races, Thistle (the 1887 America's Cup
challenger, in drydock), Colonia (the Herreshoff 1893 AC candidate),

new photos added 12/29: Wasp, Katrina, Yola, Ariel, Shamrock, and other racing yachts

2006-12-29T20:17:45Z

We added ten new Johnston yacht photographs today on
[link]
Wasp (built by Herreshoff), Katrina, Yola (or is it Vola?), Ariel,
Shamrock (the 1899 America's Cup challenger), In It, a bunch of
half-raters in an 1896 trial race (Paprika, Vesper, El Heirie, and In
It), Sachem, Cogma, and the steam yacht Charlietta.

Welcome!

2006-12-29T19:13:06Z

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