Guide to the Leon F. D'Oremieulx Album of Photographs of Yachts and Yachting, , 1883-1888

(bulk 1883-1888)

IYRS Maritime Library, Archives
449 Thames Street
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: 401-848-5777
E-mail: ffrost@iyrs.edu

Published in 2023

Collection Overview

Title:	Leon F. D'Oremieulx's Album of Photographs of Yachts and Yachting
Date range:	1883-1888, (bulk 1883-1888)
Creator:	Leon Francisque D'Oremieulx
Extent:	1 album(s)
Abstract:	A leather-bound album with approximately 30 albumen photographs.
Language of materials:	English
Repository:	IYRS Maritime Library, Archives
Collection number:	0797

Scope & content

This album is bound in brown cloth with half calf. The spine is missing, the front board and rear boards are detached, and many pages are loose. Inside the front cover is pasted a bookplate with a coat of arms, and printed below "D'Oremieulx". The first page is quite badly foxed, but the rest are clear although some are faded and browned. The quality of the albumen photographs is very good, and many have an attribution in ink under the image that reads "taken by" G.N.W (George N. Warren), F. R. Newbold or Samuel R. Plath. They date from1883 to 1888 and include images of single yachts, races, numerous images of guests onboard, and at least one of crew. The last half of the book is blank.

Access Points

Subject Topics

• Yachting
• Maritime
• Sailing
• Photography
• Marine

Arrangement

One leather-bound album.

Historical note

Leon Francisque D'Oremieulx (1854-1899), born in Newport, was the Secretary of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club in 1884, and the brother-in-law of E. Carleton Granberry.

Access & Use

Access to the collection:	There are no restrictions on access.
Use of the materials:	Although IYRS Maritime Library has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. It is the responsibility of researchers or anyone wishing to quote this material to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
Preferred citation:	Leon F. D'Oremieulx Photograph Album, 0797, International Yacht Restoration School.
Contact information:	IYRS Maritime Library, Archives 449 Thames Street Newport, RI 02840 Tel: 401-848-5777 E-mail: ffrost@iyrs.edu

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION
Acquisition:	Donated to the Museum of Yachting by Serena Granberry and siblings Barbara Minot and Preston, in memory of their father John Granberry.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID
Author:	Finding aid prepared by Francis Frost.
Encoding:	Finding aid encoded by Francis Frost 2023 May 8
Descriptive rules:	Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

Additional Information

Inventory

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1883. "Intrepid", New York Yacht Club race / "Grayling", AYC race / "Comet" / "Atlanta" / "Start Hull Yacht Club" / "Towing out to Sandy Hook light ship" / "Wm H Drury" of Boston / "Fanny" and "Gracie", Match for $1,000 / Larchmont YC Race / "Oriva", Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club race / "Wenonah" NYYC race / NYYC race, "Fortuna" and "Oriva"

1885. "Gracie", NYYC cruise, G.N.W. photog / "Mischief", NYYC cruise, G.N.W.

1886. "Dreadnaught", Eastern Yacht Club cruise, G.N.W. photog / crew on "Stranger", G.N.W. / "Gitana", Penobscot Bay, G.N.W. / 'Galatea" in first race of the America's up against "Mayflower" / L.F.O. and guests on deck of "Stranger", Bar Harbour, G.N.W. / "Fortuna", Booth Bay, G.N.W.

1887. "Priscilla" with group on deck, Bar Harbour, F.R. Newbold photog / Lloyd Aspinwall and [dog] Empress / "Priscilla", G.N.W.

1888. L.F.O. and others with sextants on deck of "Sea Fox", F.R.N. / "Sachem", Newport, J.D.Wright photog / "Sea Fox" interiors (3) F.B.N.