Reliance in dry dock

Detroit Publishing Co., 1903

The RegattaPA-02020Tear sheet

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Reliance hauled out, her bronze underbody bared — the machine beneath the sail plan. Out of the water the scow-form hull explained everything the racing photographs could not.

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-02020

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Sizes withheld
SizeWhy
8 x 10 in102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
11 x 14 in73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
16 x 20 in51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
18 x 24 in42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
24 x 30 in34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
30 x 40 in25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 inWrong shape: a 17% crop
Scanned
2026-10-07
Master file
822 x 1,024 px, b-w
Tone
Darks 22, lights 241 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 1.4% clipped dark
Colour
0% vivid
Sharpness
58.37

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