COLUMBIA, underway, ca. 1895

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
circa 1895
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1895 of COLUMBIA while still being used as a passenger steamer. COLUMBIA, underway, starboard bow view, was 142' and originally built and designed in 1892, by William Murphy of Buffalo, New York. In 1899/1900, COLUMBIA was converted to a private steam yacht and renamed THETIS. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "COLUMBIA / Y61 / Box 7". Handwritten on emulsion side on glass edge: "Copyright / Steam Yacht / COLUMBIA". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

COLUMBIA steam yacht (approx. 150'?)
Y.1984.187.61

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer