RAINBOW, #J5, and VANITIE, #2, America's Cup Trials, 1934

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1934-08
safety film, Eastman Kodak #29; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in August of 1934. Long view of two American J Class sloops racing each other during the America's Cup trials, starboard quarter view. Image of sail #J5, RAINBOW, 126'7" ft. design by Burgess & Donaldson, Inc. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1934 in the foreground but following VANITIE, in the more distant lead. VANITIE, a 118' cutter, temporary sail number #2, was designed by William Gardner & Co. and built by George Lawley & Son Corp. in 1914. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "67709F / [Box] 4000". Handwritten: "Rainbow + Vanitie". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.67709F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection