New York Yacht Club Station No. 5, Shelter Island, New York, 1896

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, Suffolk County, Shelter Island
1896
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1896. Image of the New York Yacht Club Station Number 5 taken at Dering Harbor, Shelter Island, New York, from the water looking at the building built on pilings over the water with a ramp leading from the station to a floating dock. A sign on the station railing states: "THIS FLOAT / is for the use of the / members of the / N.Y. YACHT CLUB / and their guests." No. 5 was established in 1892 on Shelter Island at Dering Harbor, 75 feet from the Old Manhassett boat landing. The station was closed in 1913. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Y986 / N.Y.Y.C. / Stat. 5 / Box 101". Copyright - 96 / 502." Typed adhered caption to surface edge: "502 " " " " " 5." CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

Y.1984.187.986

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer