close on sloop RAINBOW J5 under sail, port bow, starboard tack, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1936

black-and-white photograph; safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVES
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1936-08
safety film, Eastman Kodak #62
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons during the time of the New York Yacht Club Cruise of August, 1936. Image of the 126'7" J class sloop RAINBOW, designed by Burgess & Donaldson, Inc. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island in 1934. Visible in image: port bow view of sloop on a starboard tack with an officer sitting on the portside rail and crew lying on deck for more balance on the starboard side rail, deck visible. Stamped on original negative sleeve: "77069F / NYYC CRUISE 1936 / [Box] 4288". Handwritten: "Rainbow". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

RAINBOW sloop, J Class
1984.187.77069F

Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection