HELVETIA, screw steam yacht, 1896

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
July 18, 1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles July 18, 1896. Image of HELVETIA, at rest, port bow view. HELVETIA was a 92' screw steam yacht built in 1891 by George Lawley & Son Corporation of South Boston, Massachusetts from designs by Edward Burgess. Her owner listed in the AMERICAN YACHT LISTING as of 1893 was Columbus O'Donnell Iselin of New York and he is believed to have owner her from 1891to 1899. Handwritten on the negative sleeve: "Helvetia / Y131 / Box 14". Typed on a small paper strip adhere to neg. surface edge: "733 / Helvetia / July 18, 1896". Handwritten on emulsion side in margin edge: "Helvetia 733 July 18, '96". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

HELVETIA steam yacht
Y.1984.187.131

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer