Reliance at the start, Aug. 27, 1903
Detroit Publishing Co., 1903
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyReliance crossing the starting line on 27 August 1903, the third and deciding race of that Cup. The Detroit Publishing boats worked the line with the press fleet; this plate caught the defender at her business.
- Maker
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date
- 1903
- Medium of the original
- Dry plate negative, commercial press photograph
- Original held by
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Credit
- Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Co. Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02017
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 12 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 33 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,024 x 815 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 31, lights 244 of 255; 0.6% clipped light, 0.9% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 27.12
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