AL-ANKA, cutter undersail 1897

silver gelatin print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 8x10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1897. Image of 30' Clinton H. Crane designed, George Lawley & Son Corporation built centerboard cutter AL-ANKA (built 1897 in South Boston, Mass.)undersail possibly at Seawanhaka Cup trial race off Oyster Bay, NY. Visible in image: port beam view of sloop "Q/52" on starboard broad reach under gaff-rigged mainsail and staysail, crew sitting on deck of low-lying boat, other sails in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 30 and 108. Handwritten on back: "AL ANKA Seawanhaka Cup aspir 1897 / 1890-1896 / LB49680" and stamped in blue: "361".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer