RAINBOW's deck, New York Yacht Club Cruise, 1934

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Newport
1934-09
safety film, Kodak #130
overall: 5 x 7 in.

5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in September of 1934 just before the start of the New York Yacht Club Cruise. Image is of the deck of RAINBOW, a 126'7" ft. J Class sloop, designed by Burgess & Donaldson, Inc. and built by Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. in 1934, looking from the stern forward to the bow. View shows the boom, wheel, compass, lines, rigging, etc. Stamped neg. sleeve info.: "69459F". Handwritten: "Rainbow / [Box 4109] / NYYC". Notation of possible orders by "Van" (Vanderbilt) and "F". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.69459F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection