HERMIONE, steam yacht, 1895

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
1895-09-07
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 black and white glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on Long Island Sound September 7, 1895. Image is of the black-hulled steam schooner yacht HERMIONE, at rest, starboard beam view with a partial view of a three-masted schooner to the right in the background. HERMIONE was a steam schooner yacht (LOA not given) with a known water line of 145', built by Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1891 from designs by George L. Watson. This image of her photographed in 1895 is flying the New York Yacht Club burgee on the forward mast. She is flying the private burgee on the aft mast which is forked with a large bird symbol on it and she is flying the British colors off the stern. Owned in 1897 by the Henry L. Pierce, Estate, with a home port of Boston, Massachusetts. Handwritten on neg. sleeve: "Y133 / Hermione / Steam Yacht / Box 14". Typed on small piece of paper adhered to glass negative edge: "328 / HERMIONE, September 7, 1895". Handwritten on the emulsion side along the edge: "Copyright / Hermione / Sept 7 '95". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

HERMIONE steam yacht
Y.1984.187.133

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer