AKELA, underway, circa 1899

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
August 10, ca. 1899
eemulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles on August 10, ca. 1899. Image of the 117'6" steam screw yacht, AKELA, underway, port beam view, one stack, white-hulled, schooner rigged, flying a Boston Yacht burgee. AKELA was built by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury & Co. of Morris Heights, New York and designed by Charles L. Seabury in 1899. She was owned by W.Hadwin Ames and her home port in 1900 was listed as Boston, Massachusetts. Handwritten neg. sleeve info: "Y6 / AKELA / Box 1". Handwritten on emulsion margin side of glass: "AKELA 1364". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

AKELA steam yacht, schooner rigged
Y.1984.187.6

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer