FIAT NO. 2, underway, 1903

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
1903
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles, a Brooklyn, New York photographer active c.1880-1909. Image of Electric Launch Company inboard racer FIAT No. 2 built in 1903. Visible in image: port beam view of racer underway, flag flying from stern, sailboats and motor boats, as well as shoreline, in background. FIAT No. 2 was an Italian displacement racer, aka auto-boat, she had a 35 hp. engine. She was owned by C. H. Tangeman. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Fiat II / Motor Boat / Y1056 / Box 110". Handwritten on neg. margin: "1903". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

FIAT 2 inboard racer, No. 2
Y.1984.187.1056

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer