The editor of WoodenBoat magazine offers a fascinating short history of the golden age of American yachting by rediscovering one photographer's extraordinary archive.
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Matthew P. Murphy is the editor of WoodenBoat, the Brooklin, Maine-based bimonthly magazine dedicated to owners, designers, and builders of wooden boats. A native of Salem, Massachusetts, he spent the summers of his youth sailing both contemporary racing sailboats and classic yachts on the same waters on which Willard B. Jackson made most of his photographs.
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Provides both a history of yachting and a history of the yachting photography of Jackson,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Glass Plates and Wooden Boats (Hardcover)
If you're interested in either boats or photography, GLASS PLATES & WOODEN BOATS: THE YACHTING PHOTOGRAPHY OF WILLARD B. JACKSON AT MARBLEHEAD, 1898-1937 is for you. It provides both a history of yachting and a history of the yachting photography of Jackson, with full-page black and white photos packed with classic sailing vessels gathered from an archive of over a thousand glass plates images. There's more than the 75 images Murphy has gathered, too: Murphy adds commentary noting nautical facts and history to round out the photos,
Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch
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