ATHLON, sloop underway 1894

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
1894-07-04
glass
8 x 10 in.

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on July 4, 1894. Image of 64.5833' J.F. Mumms compromise sloop ATHLON (built 1884 in South Brooklyn, NY). Visible in image: port beam view of the compromise sloop ATHLON on starboard broad reach under full sail: gaff-rigged mainsail, main topsail, staysail and jib, flying Edwin B. Havens' private signal: blue swallow tail with white triangle and calligraphy H- on mainmast and American Yacht Ensign from mainsail, land in background. ATHLON was built in 1884, at a time when sloops were typically wide and shallow, while cutters were narrow and deep. ATHLON was a compromise, as her features were characteristic of both types. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 17. NOTE: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL lists the date the vessel was built rather than the date this image was shot (1894) as documented by a piece of paper affixed to the original negative reading: "5 Athlon, July 4, 1894." See related prints and copy negative. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: Athlon Y 373 / Box 38 / Athlon / CUS / PG 17 / 6".

ATHLON sloop
Y.1984.187.373

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer