APHRODITE, ca. 1903

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
circa 1903
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1903 of the 302'6" steam bark, APHRODITE (DS: Hanscom; BU: Bath, 1898). Image is of the vessel dressed for a special occasion, at rest, port beam view. APHRODITE was owned from 1898 when she was built until the death of her owner Oliver Hazard Payne in 1917. Handwritten neg. sleeve info: "Y16 / APHRODITE / Box 2". Handwritten on glass edge: "APHRODITE / 1366". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

APHRODITE steam yacht, 3-masted
Y.1984.187.16

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer