SKEETER, sloop, #1

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
September 5
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm

8 x 10 glass plate negative taken by James Burton on September 5, year unknown (1897-1909). Port quarter view of the sloop SKEETER (#1). Vessel seen under sail. SKEETER is gunter - rigged, with a hard chine, knockabout hull. Her sail has a beetle or tick like bug on it, (class type unidentified). A man an a woman are seen sailing aboard, two other sailing vessels are seen in the background. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "194 / Skip Jack + Skeeter". (NOTE: this vessel is not a skipjack). Handwritten on emulsion side of negative: "Skeeter, Sept. 5". Handwritten in ink on negative: "3170" [crossed out]; "3169" [crossed out], and "194" then written twice.

SKEETER sloop, Bug boat, #1
B.1984.187.194

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer