ENDEAVOUR I, #K4, deck, off Newport, RI, 1937

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1937-07-13
Kodak safety negative
4 x 5 in.

4 x 5 Kodak safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on July 13, 1937. Image of 130' Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson Yard built J class sloop ENDEAVOUR (built 1934 in Gosport, England) off Newport, RI. Visible in image: cropped starboard beam view of the J Class sloop ENDEAVOUR on port close reach under mainsail, staysail and double sheeted jib, vessel heeled over, rails awash so her deck is visible, shoreline homes in background. ENDEAVOUR was a British challenger in the 1934 America's Cup. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, image acquired in honor of Franz Schneider. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Z. Rosenfeld, page 115. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "81867F / JUL 13 1937 / 4362" and handwritten: "Endeavor I".

ENDEAVOUR I sloop, J Class
1984.187.81867F

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