RAINBOW, sloop at NYYC Cruise, 1936

gelatin silver print

8x10 gelatin silver print from 4x5 nitrate negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1936. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (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 in pencil on back: "Rod Stephens-up headsails of RAINBOW-1936." and in ink at bottom: "Rainbow '36, Rod aloft." Stamped back in blue rectangular box: “MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATORS / 163 WEST 23rd ST., N.Y. 10011 / Phone: 989-2404”.

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection