RANGER on the Wind, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI
1937-06-04
safety film, Eastman Kodak #29; emulsion recovered
overall: 4 x 5 in.

4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 4, 1937. Image of 135' Bath Iron Works J class sloop RANGER (built 1937 in Bath, Me.) off Rhode Island coast. Visible in image: cropped port beam view of RANGER on starboard beam reach under mainsail, staysail and double-sheeted jib, sloop heeled over, rail to water, bow spray, crew lying on windward side, while skipper holds onto wheel. Shoreline in background. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "80511F / JUN 4 1937 / [Box] 4339" and handwritten: "RANGER".CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. For more information see the book, A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 111.

1984.187.80511F

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