RAINBOW, #J5, sloop at NYYC Cruise, 1936

nitrate negative

5x4 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in Auigust, 1936. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW, #J5, (built 1934 in Bristol, R.I.) at New York Yacht Club Cruise. Visible in image: cropped bow view of RAINBOW with Rod Stephens (top) climbing RAINBOW's jib stay as the jib is taken down by another man halfway down jibstay and a man on deck. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "RAINBOW / ROD STEPHENS UAN". Sleeve stamped: "77088F / NYYC CRUISE 1936 / 4288".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection