Jsj-246-thistle
The James Bell syndicate's cutter Thistle (George Lennox Watson design, built in 1887 at the David & William Henderson shipyard, Glasgow). She was a challenger for the America's Cup in 1887, and is pictured here in the first race on September 27th, which she lost to the New York Yacht Club's defender Volunteer.
- Date
- 1887-09-27
- Collection
- Detroit Publishing Company
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,840 × 3,004 pixels
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Reason: Detroit Publishing Company collection at the Library of Congress: no known restrictions.
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