AILSA, circa 1901
glass negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVESBolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, Brooklyn
Circa 1901
overall: 8 x 10 in.; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
8x10 glass plate negative taken by Charles Edwin Bolles circa 1901. Image of yawl Ailsa at sea. Visible in image: yawl with main sail and topsail, gaff-rigged mizzen sail, staysail, jib and flying jib set, crossing bow of smaller boat, with five boats in the background. Written on original negative sleeve: "Ailsa / (Yawl)".
AILSA yawl, 130', G #2
Y.1984.187.357
Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer