RAINBOW launching, 1934

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
269-279
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Bristol
1934-05-14
safety film, Eastman Kodak #119; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons at the launching of the new 126'7" J Class sloop, RAINBOW, on May 14, 1934 at Herreshoff's of Bristol, Rhode Island (DS: Burgess: BU: Herreshoff, 1934). Image taken as the mast of RAINBOW is laying on the dock. View is a closeup of the mast head. Typed neg. sleeve info.: "67330-F / 5/14/34 / Rainbow launching". Stamped: "[Box] 3975 / MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone Beekman 3-4970". Handwritten in pencil on neg. emul. side: "67330F". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.67330F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection