RANGER's crew, formal pose,Newport, Rhode Island, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
June 20, 1937
safety film, Eastman Kodak #47; emulsion recovered
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons June 20, 1937. Image of the officers and crew in a formal posed shot on deck of the vessel RANGER. Standing on the deck between the two life rings is a Popeye doll. To the right in the water is a partial view of a tender. RANGER, sail #J5, was a 135'2" sloop, built as a US America's Cup defender built in 1937 by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine and designed by Starling Burgess with Olin Stephens. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "80934F / JUN 20 1937 / [Box] 4346 / MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970". Handwritten: "crew of Ranger". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider.

1984.187.80934F

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