VALIANT, at rest, 1895

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
1895-08-02
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles, August 2, 1895 probably on Long Island Sound. Image of the steam yacht, VALIANT, at rest, starboard bow view. VALIANT was a 332' steam brigantine yacht built in 1893 by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, England and designed by St. Clair J. Byrne. She was owned by William Kissam Vanderbilt from 1893 to 1909. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Valiant / Y321 / Steam Yacht / Box 33." Handwritten in pencil on top edge of negative emulsion side, "Valiant Aug. 2 '95". Glued to front of negative along margin edge, typed notation: "415 / August 2". Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

VALIANT steam yacht
Y.1984.187.321

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer