glass negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - GLASS NEGATIVES
USA, MA, New Bedford
Before 1898
6.50 x 8.50 x 0

Glass negative; wharf scene, possibly New Bedford MA; at right foreground is starboard view of unidentified sloop; at left foreground are barrels labeled "W"; at center is starboard view of unidentified whaling bark; at her port is ship, drying sails, identified on original envelope as "Ship NIGER" [built 1844, broken up 1897]; from the collection of Charles F. Sayle, Sr.

UNIDENTIFIED whaling bark; UNIDENTIFIED sloop
1994.53.147