RAINBOW, painting mast, 1934

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Bristol
1934-05-17
safety film, Kodak #29
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on May 17, 1934. View of the 126"7' Burgess & Donaldson designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (built 1934) after being launched at the Herreshoff Yard, Bristol, Rhode Island on the 14th. Visible in image: looking up from the deck of RAINBOW is the mast and some of the rigging with 4 men working on the mast seated in bosuns chairs. Typed on original negative sleeve: "67335-F". Stamped: "[Box] 3975". Handwritten: "5/17/34 / Rainbow mast". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.67335F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection