GLANCE, Z Class, #22, 1896

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
June 22, 1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles June 22, 1896. Image of a Z Class sloop, also called the 15 Foot Class, GLANCE, sail #22, undersail, port beam view. GLANCE was built by 1894 and the Z Class was known by several names such as 15 Foot Class, Fifteen Footers and One Half Raters. The 15 refers to the waterline length. Several vessels of this class participated in the Larchmont Yacht Club events in 1895 and 1896 as well as Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club International Challenge Cup events held in 1895 and 1896. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y443 / Box 45 / Glance / Box K1". Stamped: "Property of "YACHTING" / 38 PARK ROW / NEW YORK". Handwritten on emulsion margin edge in black ink: "631 Glance". Adhered typed small piece of paper to margin surface area: "631 Glance, June 22, 1896". Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

GLANCE sloop, Z #22
Y.1984.187.443

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer