Shamrock II before start
Detroit Publishing Co., 1901
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyGeorge Watson's Shamrock II — the first Cup yacht designed with tank testing — before a 1901 start. Science entered the Cup with this hull; the margin of her defeat was ninety seconds of it.
- Maker
- Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date
- 1901
- 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-02014
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 |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 51 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 18% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 834 x 1,024 px, b-w
- Tone
- Darks 26, lights 244 of 255; 0.4% clipped light, 0.9% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 20.8
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