ENTERPRISE, underway, ca. 1900

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Burton, James
USA, Long Island Sound
ca. 1900
emulsion on glass
overall: 8 x 10 in.

8x10 glass negative photographed by James Burton ca. 1900. Believed to be the image of ENTERPRISE underpower, starboard beam view, white hull. ENTERPRISE was a 159' steam hermaphrodite brig, originally a British owned brigantine built in 1882 by Ramage & Ferguson of Leith, Scotland from designs by Alfred H. Brown. She was owned in 1900 by F.L. Perin, a member of the New York Yacht Club. Handwritten negative sleeve info.: "258". Handwritten on negative edge: "Enterprise / 258 / 1580". Videodisc and frame number: 3-28780. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer.

ENTERPRISE steam yacht
B.1984.187.258

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, James Burton photographer