CLARA, at rest, ca. 1904
glass negative
PHOTOGRAPHSBolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
circa 1904
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.
8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1904. At rest, starboard bow view of CLARA, a steam yacht, schooner rigged, with a flush deck and dark pilot house forward and a small dark 1/2 cabin aft. White hulled, 1 lifeboat on each side, dark smoke stack amidships. Portholes aft of center - 5 and portholes forward of center - 5. With long bowsprit on a clipper bow, vessel approx. 78' to about 85' in length. Between perpendiculars approx. 75'. Stern shape - long counter stern. Closest date from original object associated was photographed about 1904. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "CLARA / Y47 / Box 5". Handwritten on emulsion side on glass edge: "1797 / CLARA". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.
CLARA steam yacht, schooner rigged
Y.1984.187.47
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer