ELECTRA, at rest, 1892

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
1892-10-12
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles October 12, 1892. Image of ELECTRA, at rest, port beam view, heavily dressed, black hull. ELECTRA was a 174' schooner rigged steam yacht built in 1884 by Harland & Hollingsworth Company of Wilmington, Delaware from designs by Gustav Hillman in 1884. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Electra / Y89 / Box 9". Typed on paper strip adhered to surface margin edge: "October 12, 1892". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

ELECTRA steam yacht
Y.1984.187.89

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer