RANGER, 1937

photograph

Photograph of RANGER, #J/5, close-hauled on port tack. The entire crew appears to be sitting on the windward rail. Image may be an unauthorized cropped copy of a Rosenfeld photograph; an identical photo, attributed to Rosenfeld, appears in Harold Vanderbilt's book, On the Wind's Highway, with the caption "RANGER Winning the America's Cup 1937." There is no Rosenfeld stamp on this print. Stamped on verso: KNAPP 26. Handwritten on verso: RANGER off Newport, R.I. / 1937 / Owner-Skipper Harold S. (Mike) Vanderbilt / "Sail Trimmer" Arthur Knapp Jr. / the last of the J-Boats / 135 feet length overall.