HOPE, 1896

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY
1896
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1896. Starboard beam view of the half rater sloop HOPE (Z6) under sail. Handwritten on original negative emulsion: "Copyright 96 / Hope 606". Young man seen laying on hull with tiller in hand, staring toward the photographer (Arthur Iselin?). Typed on paper glued to non emulsion side border: "606 __ 23". Handwritten on back of related print: "Arthur Iselin Hugenot / Hope Y470". [This identification is not on original negative, but would indicate this is Arthur Iselin sailing at the Hugenot Yacht Club, New Rochelle, NY -- if this information was correctly identified on the contact print by the Rosenfeld's]. No additional information on original negative sleeve.

HOPE sloop
Y.1984.187.470

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection