HARRIET, at rest, 1893

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
August 11, 1893
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles dated August 11, 1893 of the gaff-rigged schooner rigged steam yacht HARRIET at rest, starboard bow view with a black hull. In the background are several types of sailing yachts on the water such as a schooner, sail #17, a catboat, and a sloop, sail #53. HARRIET was a 106' steam yacht designed by Stillman Saunders, built by Martin Luther Saunders of Saunders Shipyard of Saunderstown, Rhode Island in 1891. She was known to have been owned in 1902 by John H. Bromley, one of several textile manufacturers with the Bromley name, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Hariett[sic] / Y129 / Box 13". Typed on a small piece of paper glued to the surface of the neg. margin: "325 / Harriet / August 11, 1893" and handwritten on emulsion side in the margin: "Aug. 11 '93 Harriet". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

HARRIET steam yacht, schooner rig; UNIDENTIFIED sloop; UNIDENTIFIED schooner, #17; UNIDENTIFIED steam yacht, schooner rig; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, #53; UNIDENTIFIED catboat
Y.1984.187.129

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer