Name/Title
Joseph Jessop America's Cup Scrapbook, 1895-1899Entry/Object ID
A0235Scope and Content
The Joseph Jessop America's Cup Scrapbook dated 1895-1899 consists of a pamphlet entitled The America's Cup International Race 1899 that describes the history of the America's Cup and features photographs of the various yachts from 1851 through 1899, numerous reproductions of copyright photographs and sketches of the vessels Defender and Valkyrie in action and several newspaper articles from the New York Herald associated with the America's Cup race of 1895.
Scrapbook donated in 1982 by Joseph Jessop, San Diego resident, contains:
1. Pamphlet entitled The America's Cup International Race 1899, describes the history of the America's Cup and features photographs of the various yachts (challengers and challenged) from 1851 through 1899 (no date)
2. Two black and white photographs of Sir Thomas J. Lipton (Lipton tea bag fame and five-time America's Cup challenger) (no date)
3. Newspaper clipping from an unknown source entitled The America's Challenge describes the first cup race (no date)
4. Published copy of a photograph of the vessel The Defender, copyright 1895, by C. E. Bolles, Brooklyn
5. Published copy of a photograph of the vessel Defender, drawn by Carlton T. Chapman, copyright 1895, by Harper Brothers
6. Published copy of a photograph of the vessel Defender, hoisting the mainsail, from a photograph by Hemment of New York (1895)
7. Published copy of a photograph of the vessel Valkyrie III, drawn by Carlton T. Chapman, copyright 1895, by Harper Brothers
8. Various New York Herald newspaper clippings describe Constance Cleveland Roberson, the young girl who suggested the name Defender for the American yacht that will race against the Valkyrie in defense of the America's Cup, dated April 17, 1895
9. Various handwritten short notes of congratulations to Constance Cleveland Roberson for submission of the winning name for the vessel Defender from Marie M. Martin, E. L. Landon , Dr. Robert Talbot, Mrs. Theodore Connelly, Mrs. L. T. Knapp, Miss A. E. Milbank, State of Rhode Island and Edward J. Fox, plus a note from Paris (author unknown), dated 1895
10. Various New York Herald newspaper articles describe the launch of the Defender in Bristol, Rhode Island on June 29, 1895, includes sketches of the owners W. K. Vanderbilt, E. D. Morgan and C. O. Iselin and owner of the Valkyrie, Earl of Dunraven, dated June 30, 1895
11. Various sketches, probably from the New York Herald, feature challenger and challenged representatives, Herman B. Duryea and Latham A. Fish, plus Cup Committee members, Yacht Club representatives and various sailboat captains (no date)
12. Published copies of three photographs of the sailboats Defender and Valkyrie "maneuvering for the start," "the start," and "five minutes after the start" of the 1895 America's Cup race by J. C. Hemment for the Leslie's Weekly (no date)
13. Sketch by artist L. Shafer entitled Valkyrie Fouling Defender with Her Boom, featured in the New York Herald, dated September 12, 1895
14. Published copy of a photograph of the sailboats Defender and Valkyrie "thirty seconds before Valkyrie fouled the Defender" (no date)
15. Published copies of two photographs of the sailboats Defender and Valkyrie "finish of the Valkyrie, forty-seven seconds ahead of Defender" and "finish of the Defender" from the 1895 America's Cup, day two of race by J. C. Hemment (no date)
16. Published copy of a photograph of the sailboat Defender "the Defender's crew hauling down her mainsail" (no date)
17. Sketch by artist L. Shafer entitled After the Challenger's Surrender: the Valkyrie Being Towed Through the Fleet En Route to Bay Ridge, featured in the New York Herald, dated September 13, 1895
18. Published copy of a photograph entitled The International Yacht Races for the America's Cup by J. C. Hemment for Leslie's Weekly, includes Captain Sycamore, boat designer Watson and Lord Dunraven on board the Valkyrie, (no date)
19. Published copy of a photograph entitled Lord Dunraven's Daughters and Captain Cranfield and Sycamore on the Valkyrie with Mr. Henderson by J. C. Hemment for Leslie's Weekly (no date)
20. Sketch by an unknown artist entitled The Defender Crossing the Finish Line: How the Fleet of Pleasure Boats Welcomed the Victorious Sloop as she Came Home, featured in the New York Herald dated September 13, 1895
21. Sketch by L. A. Shafer entitled Finish --- Defender Defeats Valkyrie dated September 7, 1895, probably from the New York Herald
22. Newspaper clipping from an unknown source entitled Record of the Cup Races: Defenders and Challengers Since the America Win in 1851, includes sketches of the various vessels by West and Son, South Sea, copyright 1895
23. Newspaper clipping from the New York Times entitled Explosion on a Yacht: The Shylock Damaged by Fire, and Other Costly Craft, Including the Defender in Danger, by unknown author, dated March 16, 1901
24. Newspaper clipping from the New York Herald entitled Defender is Sure to Win by A.G. McVey includes information about the American (Defender and Columbia) vessels and English (Valkyrie and Shamrock) vessels, probably 1895-1899
25. Published copy of a photograph entitled Model Room, New York Yacht Club, featured in the New York Times - Illustrated Magazine, dated April 30, 1899
26. Newspaper clipping from the New York Herald, entitled Poorly Handled the Columbia Won, describes accident between the vessels Defender and Columbia by unknown author, dated July 9, 1899
27. Newspaper clipping from unknown source and author entitled Lord Dunsraven as a Designer, describes the English efforts to win the America's Cup from the United States, probably 1899
28. Published copy of a photograph entitled On the Defender's Deck, Before Her Races with the Valkyrie, 1895, by J. C. Hemment for Munsey's Magazine, dated 1895
29. Published copy of a photograph entitled John B. Herreshoff, the Blind Builder, Head of the Herreshoff Firm, unknown publication by J C. Hemment (no date)
30. Published copy of a photograph entitled Nat Herreshoff, Designer of the Defender, unknown publication by J C. Hemment (no date)
31. Published copy of a photograph entitled The Defender in Dry Dock at the Erie Basin, New York, Preparatory to Her Race with the Valkyrie, unknown publication by J C. Hemment (1895)
32. Newspaper clipping from unknown source and author entitled Great Victory for the Old Defender in Her Race with the Vigilant describes the days race between the Defender, Ivanhoe and Vigilant, plus other competitors, probably 1899
33. Newspaper clipping from unknown source and author entitled The Defender Under Sail, includes picture of vessel and describes the Defender as a trial vessel for the new sloop Columbia, probably 1899
34. Published copy of a photograph entitled The Columbia and the Defender in Their Trial Races off Sandy Hook - The Defender (on the right) Leading to Windward, unknown publication, by J. C. Hemment, New York (no date)
35. Published copy of a photograph entitled The Fleet of the New York Yacht Club Running to Vineyard Haven, unknown publication, features vessels Amorita, Defender, Marguerite, Merlin, Vigilant and Volunteer by C. E. Bolles, Brooklyn, dated August 3, 1895
36. Published copy of a photograph entitled Part of the Sailing Fleet of the New York Yacht Club on One of its Annual Cruises Down Long Island Sound, unknown publication, by C. E. Bolles, Brooklyn (no date)
37. Published copy of a photograph entitled The Columbia and the Defender in Their Trial Races Off Sandy Hook - The Columbia (on the left) Overhauling and Passing the Defender, unknown source, dated July 6, 1899
38. Published copy of a photograph entitled The Columbia and Defender in Their Trial Races Off Sandy Hook - The Columbia Leads Around the Turning Stake, unknown source, dated 1899
39. Newspaper clipping from the New York Herald, entitled Famous Craft that Brought the America's Cup to the United States, features a sketch of the winning yacht by L. A. Shafer, dated July 1899
40. Newspaper clipping sketches of W. C. Whitney, George L. Rivers, Captain A. T. Mahan and J. Pierpont Morgan from an unknown source (no dates)
41. Sketch of America's Cup competition from an unknown publication by Thulstrup, dated 1895Collection
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Date(s) of Creation
1895 - 1899