Nathanial Livermore Stebbins

Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins

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The Reliance, 1903 Nathanial Livermore Stebbins, photographer  

Nathaniel Livermore Stebbins was born in 1847 and began photographing around 1887. His documentation of early America's Cup races includes yacht launchings and construction, shipyard workers, and those who sailed in the early Cup races. In 1899, his photographs were displayed at the International Maritime Exhibition in Boston alongside the work of America's premier marine artists, including painters William Pierce Stubbs and Antonio Jacobsen. Stebbins was the only photographer represented in the exhibition, attesting to the high esteem in which his work was held.

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