MAY, steam yacht, ca. 1903

glass negative

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

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles ca. 1903 of the black-hulled, 2-masted steam yacht, MAY, at rest, port bow view. MAY was a 226' steam schooner yacht, whose overall length with bowsprit was 240', was built in 1891 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company of Troon, Scotland and designed by George L. Watson. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "May / Y182A / Steam Yacht / Box 12". Info. from negative margin: "May / 1378". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.

MAY steam yacht
Y.1984.187.182A

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer