ERIN, starboard bow view, anchored, ca. 1903

glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, NY, New York Bay
1899
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1903. Image of ERIN, the private yacht of Sir Thomas Lipton, in New York Bay for the competition of Lipton's challenger SHAMROCK III against the American defender RELIANCE for the America's Cup trophy. View of ERIN anchored, starboard bow view, dressed. ERIN was built in 1896 by Scott Ship Building & Engine, Ltd. of Greenock, Scotland from designs by Scott Ship Building & Engine, Ltd. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Erin / Y-111 / Box 11". Handwritten from emulsion margin: "1374 / Erin". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

ERIN steam yacht
Y.1984.187.111

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer