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ARCTURUS, underway, ca. 1905
black-and -white negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVESBolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
ca. 1895
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.
8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1905. Image of the schooner yacht ARCTURUS underway, starboard bow view probably on Long Island Sound. ARCTURUS was a 169' steel auxiliary schooner steam yacht built in 1896 by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith, Scotland from designs by St. Clare Byrne. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y22A / Archturus[sic] / Steam Yacht / Box 2." Handwritten on margin of glassplate.: "1884 / Putynnthus[sic] / ARCTURUS." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.
ARCTURUS steam yacht
Y.1984.187.22A