ALVINA, at rest, 1904

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
August 15, 1904
eemulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 glass negative photographer by Charles Edwin Bolles August 15, 1904 of the vessel ALVINA at rest, port beam view, slightly off-centered to the left in the negative. ALVINA was a 212' steam yacht designed by Albert S. Cheeseborough and built by Harlan & Hollingsworth Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware in 1901. ALVINA's name board on flying bridge and NYYC burgee positively identifies her and her owner from 1903-1904 as Clement A. Griscom of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "ALDINA[sic] / Y8 / 1959". Info. from negative base: "Aug. 15 '04". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

ALDINA steam yacht; UNIDENTIFIED sloop, G #2
Y.1984.187.8

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer