AQUILLO, underway, 1903

black-and -white negative

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

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1903. Image is believed to be of the 149' schooner rigged steam yacht, AQUILO, built in 1901, underway, port bow view. Description of vessel in image: nameplate appears above the pilothouse. Canvass covered fly bridge, foredeck and afterdeck. Air scoop aft of pilothouse, 5 port holes forward and 2 aft and 3 lifeboats hanging on davits amidships. Yacht club burgee appears to be of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "AQUILLO / Y19 / Box 2". Handwritten on emulsion side on edge of glass neg. " [?] / 1903 / AQUILLO[sic] / 1367". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles.

AQUILO steam yacht
Y.1984.187.19

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer