VIGILANT, September, 1893

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, New York Bay
1893-09
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 in glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles at the start of one of the America's Cup races in September of 1893. Image of the 124', VIGILANT (DS: N. Herreshoff; BU: Herreshoff, 1893), out working headsails and a small gaff topsail set over her single reefed mainsail, starboard beam view in a strong wind. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y628 / Vigilant / Sloop / pg. 118-119 / Box 41". Typed info. adhered to neg. margin surface: "130 / Starting, September." Handwritten in black ink on emulsion side in the margin: "Vigilant / Starting 6.c." Neg. is very grainy - suspect neg. is a copy from a print. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.628

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer