RANGER, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI
1937
safety film, Eastman Kodak; emulsion recovered
7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1937. Image of 135' Bath Iron Works J class sloop RANGER (built 1937 in Bath, Me.) off the Rhode Island coast of on Lond Island Sound. Visible in image: starboard beam view of RANGER (J/5) on port close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, bow spray, shadows of headsails on mainsail. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "82725F / Ranger, 1937 / DDN / SEE 8x10 COPY NEG. 66976". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 108.

1984.187.82725F

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