ELSA, at rest, ca. 1896

glass negative

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

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles about 1896. Image of ELSA, at rest, starboard bow view, a 106' steam yacht, built in 1888 in South Brooklyn, New York by John F. Mumm from designs by Edward S. Renwick. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Elsa / Y93 / Steam Yacht / Box 10". Typed on a small strip of paper adhered to margin surface: "815 / Elsa". Handwritten on emulsion side margin: "Elsa / 815". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

ELSA steam yacht
Y.1984.187.93

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer