ELEANOR, Steam Bark, ca. 1896

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
ca. 1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 10 x 8 in.

10x8 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1896. Image of ELEANOR, a 232' bark rigged steam yacht, designed by Charles Ridgley Hanscom and built by Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine, in 1894. Image shows ELEANOR underway at a good speed, port bow view, fully dressed in signal flags. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Eleanor / Y88 / Box 9". Handwritten on emulsion side on edge: "999 / Eleanor". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.88

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer