Harold S. Vanderbilt on RAINBOW 1934

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
September 02, 1934
safety film, Kodak #19
overall: 7 x 5 in.; 17.78 x 12.7 cm

7x5 Kodak safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 2, 1934. View of Harold S. Vanderbilt at the helm of the J Class Hudson River Sloop, RAINBOW (#J5). RAINBOW was designed by W. Starling Burgess and was the last America's Cup defender built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (1934). She had a revision by Bath Iron Works at Bristol, RI in 1936. Her sail number was changed to J4 in 1937. Harold S. Vanderbilt was the Commodore of 3 America's Cup defenders during the 1930's. Typed on original negative sleeve: "69369F 9/2/34 / H S Vanderbilt at wheel of Rainbow".

1984.187.69369F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection