Americas Cup Treasury
[Ant.KB214-10]

The lost Levick Photographs, 1893-1937. In the early years of the twentieth century, Americas Cup races were front-page stories that drew thousancls of fans to the shores around New York Harbor. The sleek grace of the racing yachts, and the competitive passions of their owners, also inspired Edwin Levick, an enterprising British-bom photographer determined to make a name for himself in America. For the next thirty years Levick, his sons, and his students-including future photographic star Morris Rosenfeld would document the hotly contested America's Cup races, capturing the elegant boats and often turbulent battJes in black and white photographs that even today are both gorgeous and deeply evocative of a time and a sensibiJity that can never return.
Edwin Levick's photographs are interpreted and elaborated here by author and television commentator Gary Jobson, member of a winning America's Cup crew. An internationally known sailing tactician, jobson also is an accomplished writer with a knack for tracking down the hidden story and the little-known, revelatory detail. When jobson came across Levick's work on the walls of The Mariners' Museum in Newpon ews, Virginia, a century spanning partnership was born. The result, An Americas Cup Treasury, is a treasure-trove of exceptional picture and insider stories that will delight Americas Cup fans, sailor , and indeed anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like, just for amoment, 10 be on one of those incredibly beautiful old racing yachls and feel the rising breeze.

Gary Jobson: An Americas Cup Treasury, Foreword by Ted Turner, 23x29 cm, 160 pages, The Mariners Museum, Newport, issue 1999, EUR 38 (for shipping please contact mareteamint@web.de)