RANGER, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1937-06-02
safety film, Eastman Kodak #25, emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 2, 1937. Image of the 135' Bath Iron Works J Class sloop RANGER which was built 1937 in Bath, Maine. Visible in image: cropped starboard quarter view of RANGER on a practice run, undersail running before the wind with mainsail,staysail and jib reaching with the crew observing the performance of the sails. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "80383F / JUN 2 1937 / [Box] 4337" and handwritten, "RANGER". 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. 114.

1984.187.80383F

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