ELEANOR, Steam Bark, ca. 1896

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
ca. 1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass plate photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1896. Image of ELEANOR, a 232' bark rigged steam yacht, designed by Charles Ridgley Hanscom and built by Bath Iron Works in Bath Maine, in 1894. Image shows ELEANOR underway, starboard bow view, fully dressed in signal flags. In the background is the large sidewheel ferry, CASTLETON. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Eleanor / Y87 / Box 9". Handwritten on emulsion side of edge: "996 / Eleanor". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.87

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer