CHRISTABEL,steam yacht, 1911

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld, Morris
USA, Long Island Sound
1911
emulsion on glass
overall: 6 x 8 in

6x8 glass negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1911, most likely on Long Island Sound off of New York. View of the steam yacht CHRISTABEL, starboard beam view. CHRISTABEL was a 164' 2-masted steam schooner built in 1893 by D. & W. Henderson of Glasgow, Scotland from designs by George L. Watson. Her owner in 1911 was Walton Ferguson, Sr. Handwritten neg. sleeve info.: "#90 / Box 8 / N.Y. Yacht Club / S.Y. Christabel / 1911 / Box 12 (crossed out)." Stamped: "PLATE NO." and handwritten in and crossed out, "147". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.90S

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection