VIGILANT, hauled out at the Erie Basin Dry Dock, Erie, New York, 1894

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, Brooklyn, Erie Basin
1894
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles of a bow view of the former America's Cup defender VIGILANT hauled out in the Erie Basin Dry Dock at Erie Harbor, New York with a good view of the drydock she is in. VIGILANT was a 126' Herreshoff built cutter designed by Nathanael G. Herreshoff of Bristol, Rhode Island, as a US America's Cup 1893 defender against the Earl of Dunraven's VALKYRIE II. In 1894 she was sold to George & Howard Gould who raced her primarily in British waters. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y1101 / Vigilant / Const." Typed info. on a small piece of paper adhered to margin surface: "140 / Bow / 1894." Handwritten info. emul. margin: "Copyright / Vigilant in Erie Basin #1." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.1101

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer