COUNTESS, express cruiser, 1916

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1916
emulsion on glass
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1916. Image of COUNTESS underway, port bow view with Charles Chapman on board standing to the far right and William H. Hand, Jr. is believed to be standing to the left next to him. COUNTESS was built in 1916 and was a 39'4" V-shaped bottom commuter cruiser designed and owned by William H. Hand, Jr. and built by George Lawley and Son, Corporation of Neponset, Massachusetts. Handwritten negative sleeve info.: "354e / Countess / Designed by Wm Hand / Box 48". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.354FE

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection