RAINBOW, #J4, and WEETAMOE, #J1, undersail, 1934

black-and -white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1934-06
safety film; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.; 17.78 x 12.7 cm

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in June of 1934 off Newport, Rhode Island. Image of J class sloops RAINBOW and WEETAMOE racing showing a port beam view of both boats with spinnakers set and crews at work on deck. RAINBOW was a 126'7" J boat design by Burgess & Donaldson, Inc. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1934. WEETAMOE was a 125'9" J Class sloop built by Herreshoff Manufacturing of Bristol, Rhode Island from designs by Sparkman & Stephens in 1930. Stamped negative sleeve: "68275F / [Box] 4304". Handwritten: "Rainbow & Weetamoe". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.68275F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection