sloop RAINBOW J5 under sail, port beam, running, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1936

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, Long Island Sound
1936-08-13
safety film, Eastman Kodak #40; emulsion recovered
overall: 7 x 5 in.

7x5 safety negative taken by Rosenfeld and Sons on August 13, 1936. Image of RAINBOW, a 126'7" J boat, designed by Burgess & Donaldson, Inc. and built by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1934 for the Vanderbilt syndicate and sailed by Harold Vanderbilt. Image of RAINBOW during the New York Yacht Club Cruise of 1936, undersail, portside view, sail #J5, with main, staysail and spinnaker set and crew at work on deck. Handwritten on original negative sleeve: "Rainbow" and stamped: "76681-F / AUG 13 1936 / NYYC CRUISE 1936 / [Box] 4283". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.76681F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection