CLERMONT, 1895

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
June 11, 1895
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on October 11, 1892. Port bow view of the schooner rigged sidewheel steamer yacht, CLERMONT, designed by A. Van Santvoord and built by H. Lawrence in Greenpoint, NY. in 1892. She was also renamed CHARMARY in 1911 and used in commercial service after years as a yacht until about 1921. She was originally built at 160' and then lengthened in 1897 to 175'. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Clermont / Y49A / Box 45 / Steam Boat". Typed on glass strip on glass edge: "293 / June 11, 1895". Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.49A

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer