Document No 1360: The End of a Race, 1934

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AUTEUR : Rosenfeld and Sons

REF : 0

EDITION : 1934

DATE : 25 Sep 1934

COURSE : 6

DESCRIPTION SITE :

11x14 silver gelatin print from 5x7 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons on September 25, 1934. Image of 127.5' W. Starling Burgess designed, Herreshoff built J class sloop RAINBOW (built 1934 in Bristol, R.I.) and 130' Charles E. Nicholson designed, Camper & Nicholson Yard built J class cutter ENDEAVOUR (built 1934 in Gosport, England) at end of 1934 America's Cup sixth race. Visible in image: cropped bow view of ENDEAVOUR (J/K4) running before the wind with mainsail to starboard and a ventilated spinnaker watching the starboard side of RAINBOW after she crossed the finish line and turned into the wind on a starboard tack under a marconi-rigged mainsail and a spinnaker (which has gone limp), unidentified schooner with marconi-rigged mainsail, gaff-rigged foresail, and jib, and five steam spectator yachts. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection. For more information see: A CENTURY UNDER SAIL, text by Stanley Rosenfeld, p. 92. Stamped on back in purple: “PHOTO BY / MORRIS ROSENFELD & SONS / 175 RIVERSIDE DRIVE / NEW YORK, NY 10024 / PHONE (212) 787-6653” and in red: "PRENTICE HALL, INC. * unit 2 / Englewood Cliffs, N.J. / ART DEPARTMENT Louis Kobbe" and handwritten: "69 / 20 / 69903".

NOTES AMERICA-SCOOP :

VANDERBILT PILOTS YACHT TO VICTORY

RACE 6 - SEPTEMBER 25 - Triangle, 3x10 miles - Start 11:40
REACH BEAT RUN RACE GAP
1 Rainbow 1:12:50 1:19:40 1:07:35 3:40:05
2 Endeavour 1:11:40 1:23:30 1:05:50 3:41:00 0' 55"
Brings Cup Defender Home 55 Seconds Ahead of Endeavour in Deciding Race.

NEWPORT, R.I., Sept. 25. -- The America's Cup will remain in the United States. The most bitterly contested series of races for the famous old yachting trophy ended today when Rainbow, the defender, boiled over the finish line fifty-five seconds ahead of Endeavour.

LICENCE :
Autorisation en cours
BATEAUX : ENDEAVOUR RAINBOW
LIENS VERS CE DOCUMENT
SITE LARG HAUT ADRESSE
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