FORMOSA, at rest, 1895

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Bolles, Charles Edwin
1895
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by Charles Edwin Bolles in 1895. Image of FORMOSA at rest, starboard bow view with other large yachts anchored in the background. FORMOSA was a 157' steam yacht, schooner rigged, built and designed in 1893 by the Atlantic Boat Works of East Boston, Massachusetts. The owner of FORMOSA from ca. 1893 to 1897 was George F. Fabyan who home ported her out of Boston, Massachusetts. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "Formosa / Y118 / Box 12". Typed on small piece of paper adhered to negative surface edge: "316 / Formosa / " 3, 1895". Videodisc and frame number: 3-27262. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer.


Y.1984.187.118

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Charles Edwin Bolles photographer


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