GOLDEN ROD, at rest, dressed, 1892

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
USA, Long Island Sound
October 12, 1892
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles October 12, 1892 most likely on Long Island Sound. Image of GOLDEN ROD, at rest, port bow view, dressed. GOLDEN ROD was a 151'6" wood, screw steam yacht designed by J.E. Mouland and built by J.E. Smith of Nyack, New York in 1882 with the name METEOR. She was named GOLDEN ROD from 1892-1909 and her owner in 1892 was Archibald Watt. Handwritten on negative sleeve: "Golden Rod / Y124 / Box 13". Typed on small paper caption glued to neg. surface edge: "318 / Golden Rod / October 12, 1892". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.


GOLDEN ROD steam yacht
Y.1984.187.124

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer


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