RAINBOW, 1937

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1937-06-04
safety film, Defender, emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 4, 1937. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (built 1934 in Bristol, R.I.) and 102' Pusey & Jones lightship BRENTON REEF LV-102/ WAL-525 (built 1916 in Wilmington, DE) off Brenton Reef, Newport, RI. Visible in image: port beam view of RAINBOW (J/4) on starboard close reach under marconi rigged mainsail, staysail and double-sheeted jib, pennant on mainmast and American Yacht Ensign on mainsail and port beam view of BRENTON anchored, unidentified vessel behind lightship, land in background. 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. 116. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "80465F" and typed: "6/4/37 / RAINBOW / Neg loaned to Hotel / Lex 4/13/39 / neg loaned to Clark / & Fried 11/20/39 / retnd 12/4/39".

1984.187.80465F

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