RAINBOW, 1934

safety negative

5 x 7 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1934. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (built 1934 in Bristol, R.I.) undersail. Visible in image: port beam view of the J class cutter RAINBOW (J/5) on starboard close reach under marconi rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, vessel heeling slightly to show the deck and crew are visible, shoreline and vessel in background. In 1936 RAINBOW was revised at Bath Iron Works, and her sail number changed from J5 to J4. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 81. Typed on original negative sleeve: "J-5 RAINBOW / Christmas Card", stamped: "67781F", and handwritten: "pg 153 / Box 40".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection