FIAT No. 2, underway, 1903

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
1904
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles, a Brooklyn, NY photographer active c.1880-1909. Image of Electric Launch Company inboard racer FIAT No. 2 built 1903. Visible in image: starboard bow view of racer underway, flag flying from stern, sailboats and motor boats, as well as shoreline, in background. FIAT No. 2 was an Italian displacement racer, aka auto-boat, she had a 35 hp. engine. She was owned by C. H. Tangeman. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Fiat #2 Box K 2 / y 1055 Motor Boat". Printed on sleeve: "Subject / Property of 'YACHTING' / 38 PARK ROW / NEW YORK". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

on web
Y.1984.187.1055

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer