James B. Hammond, undated photo

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
by or before 1913
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in.; 15.24 x 20.32 cm

8x6 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in an undated photo. View of James B. Hammond leaning on a wrought iron fence overlooking a harbor area with an American bulldog standing by his feet. The gentleman is dressed for yachting and wears spectacles. Mr. Hammond was the inventor of the Hammond Vrityper typewriter patented in 1884. James B. Hammond is known to also have designed and owned the 46'10" yawl, LOUNGER, built in 1892 until his death in 1913 as well as LOUNGER (later known as LOUNGER II), a 95' screw schooner steam yacht built in 1911 from designs by James B. Hammond and built by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company of Morris Heights, New York. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "4335-S". Handwritten: "Mr. Hammond / owner of Lounger II / Box 188". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.4335S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection