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AZTEC, 1892
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVESBolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
October 12, 1892
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.
8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on October 12, 1892. AZTEC, built in 1890, was a 77' steam yacht, schooner rigged from designs by Charles L. Seabury. Image of vessel underway, port beam view, black hull, dressed. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "AZTEC / Y34 / Box 4". Handwritten on emulsion side on glass edge: "AZTEC / Oct. 12, 92 / Do not retouch this negative / Bolles." City in background. Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.
AZTEC steam yacht
Y.1984.187.34
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer