Ranger's Afterguard on board RANGER, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
July 08, 1937
safety film
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons July 8, 1937 on board the J boat RANGER off Newport, Rhode Island. Image of the crew called the "afterguard" posed on board RANGER, a 135'2" sloop, built as a US America's Cup defender built in 1937 by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine and designed by Starling Burgess with Olin Stephens. View taken on deck aft of Harold Vanderbilt at the wheel with his tactical crew, Olin Stephens, Arthur Knapp, Jr. and Professor Zenas Bliss, the navigator. Neg. sleeve info.: none. Original Box 4360. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider.

1984.187.81770F

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