Olin Stephens, Rod Stephens, Harold S. Vanderbilt and W. Starling Burgess, 1937

black-and -white negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, ME, Bath
May 11, 1937
safety film, Defender
overall: 4 x 5 in

4x5 Defender safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons, May 11, 1937, showing Olin and Rod Stephens, Harold S. Vanderbilt and W. Starling Burgess posed on the deck of the J Class sloop RANGER on the day of her launching. Olin and Rod Stephens and W. Starling Burgess collaborated on the design of RANGER. Vanderbilt was her owner and skipper during the 1937 America's Cup Races. Stamped neg. sleeve: "79980F / MAY 11 1937 / [Box] 4331". Typewritten on original envelope: "Ranger launching / Olin-Rod Stephens-Vanderbilt-Burgess". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider.

RANGER sloop, J Class
1984.187.79980F

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