ELEANOR, Steam Bark, 1896

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
July 18, 1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass plate photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on July 18, 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, port bow view. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.; "Y85 / Box 9 / Eleanor / (Box K10, lined out)". Printed neg. sleeve info.: "Property of "YACHTING" / 38 PARK ROW NEW YORK". Typed small piece of paper adhered to left edge of surface: "666 Eleanor, July 18, " ". Handwritten in black ink on verso upper edge margin: "666 / Eleanor July 18. / Copyright 96". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.85

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer