RAINBOW, J class sloop 1934

safety negative

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on June 17, 1934. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (built 1934 in Bristol, R.I.) underway. Visible in image: starboard beam view of RAINBOW (J/5) on port close reach under marconi-rigged mainsail, staysail and jib, heeling slightly, crewing is running forward to change jib, which appears to have ripped, a yawl can be seen between the boom and deck of RAINBOW. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: SLEEK, text by John Rousmaniere, p. 81 and 115. Handwritten on negative sleeve: “6/17 / Rainbow” and typed: "67846-F".

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection