Cup Defender RANGER under construction, Bath Iron Works, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
1937-03-06
safety film, unknown
overall: 2.5 x 2.75 in.

2x3 black and white negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on March 6, 1937. Image of 135' Bath Iron Works J class sloop RANGER (built 1937 in Bath, Me.) under construction at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Me. Visible in image: overhead shot of hull being planked inside the boatshop, men at work rivetting the steel plates onto the steel frames. 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. 107. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "78974F / 4316" and typed: "3/6/37 / Cup Defender RANGER under constr".

1984.187.78974F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection