TRUE BLUE
Photographer
William Hall Photographic Studio
Date1890's
Object number00013834
NameGlass plate negative
MediumEmulsion on glass
DimensionsOverall: 164 x 251 mm, 1 mm, 0.15 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Transfer from the Mitchell Library
DescriptionTRUE BLUE was a 24-foot open boat, clinker-planked which was relatively rare among racing boats, most of which were build batten-seam carvel and varnished. Contemporary newspaper reports show it raced between 1891 and 1898 with the Balmain Amateur Sailing Club and the Lane Cove Sailing Club under Captain A Heesch. The provenance for identification of the boat in this image as TRUE BLUE by a previous researcher is unknown (IS).
