J.D. Archbold's "VIXEN" (LOC)

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    J.D. Archbold's "VIXEN"

    [1913 April 10] (date created or published later by Bain)

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Photo shows launching of a steam yacht belonging to John Dustin Archbold (1848-1910), president of Standard Oil, on April 10, 1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, April 11, 1913)
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.12869

    Call Number: LC-B2- 2678-13

    Comments and faves

    1. captainslack (45 months ago | reply)

      J. D. Archbold was President of the Standard Oil Company.

      In Nov. 1915, anarchists tried to blown up with four pounds (!) of dynamite underneath his car:

      query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F06E 6DD1E38E633A...

      He died on May 7, 1916, leaving an estate of $41,249,996.

      query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D0DE 1DE113AE433A...

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    3. BobMeade (45 months ago | reply)

      As Vixen is bedecked from stem to stern with flags, this appears to be the launching of the steam yacht on Thursday April 10, 1913.

      The hull was made of steel, and although steam powered, it was rigged as a schooner.

      Length = 169 feet
      Beam = 22 feet
      Draft = 7.5 feet

      Although not fully commissioned, the launching was held at the yard of Charles L. Seabury & Co., Morris Heights into the Harlem River; and the yacht was enrolled in the New York Yacht Club.

      Sponsor was Mr. Archbold's daughter, Mrs. M. M. Van Buren.

      Although the third vessel of the same name owned by Mr. Archbold, the transom appears to bear the name "Vixen" and NOT "Vixen III"

      [ ref. query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B01E FDF1730E233A... ]

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    5. Jim Rees (45 months ago | reply)

      Archbold didn't even bother showing up for the launching.

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