ENDEAVOUR Restarts, America's Cup, 1937

black-and -white negative

4x5 black and white negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 5, 1937. Image of 128.5' Camper & Nicholson J class sloop ENDEAVOUR II (built 1936 in Gosport, England) and 135' Olin Stephens designed, Bath Iron Works built J class sloop RANGER (built 1937 in Bath, Me.) at beginning of last race of the 1937 America's Cup. Visible in image: port beam view of ENDEAVOUR II (J/K6) on starboard close reach rounding the mark under marconi rigged mainsail, staysail and double-sheeted jib after jumping the gun at the start, and a starboard quarter view of RANGER (J/5) on starboard close-hauled tack, heeled over under marconi rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, two other sails in background. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 119. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "83054F / AUG 5- 1937 / AMERICAS CUP / RACE / 1937 / 4382" and handwritten: "Aug 5- / Start".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider