CLERMONT, 1892
glass negative
PHOTOGRAPHSBolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
October 11, 1892
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.
8 x 10 glass plate negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on October 11, 1892. Port bow view of the schooner rigged sidewheel steamer yacht, CLERMONT, designed by A. Van Santvoord and built by H. Lawrence in Greenpoint, NY. in 1892. She was also renamed CHARMARY in 1911 and used in commercial service after years as a yacht until about 1921. She was originally built at 160' and then lengthened in 1897 to 175'. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Clermont / Y49". Handwritten in pencil at top edge of neg, emulsion side: "Oct. 11, '92 / 23 / Clermont". Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.
Y.1984.187.49
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer