Age: c. 1930
Size: 11 x14"
Weight: 1 ounce
Maker: Leslie R. Jones
Frame/Mat Size: N/A
Frame Description: None
Provenance: NY estate
Description: A nice deck shot of the sloop yacht 'Vanitie' under sail. With photo credit and subject easily readable. What is not easily readable is Made Off Marblehead(very likely) along the bottom.
Condition: As seen, some minor losses crease marks and upper left tears.
History: GERARD B. LAMBERT, Sr.Gerard B. Lambert, Sr. (1887-1967) had an association with the America’s Cup that spanned the J Class years of the 1930’s and the beginning of the 12 Metre era in 1958.In 1928 Lambert bought VANITIE, the unsuccessful Defender candidate of 1920, for the express purpose of converting her to the new J Class rule and using her as a trial horse for the four new American J Class yachts built for the 1930 Defender trials. He was also a member of the syndicate that campaigned WEETAMOE (HMCo. #1147), one of those four new boats.In 1934 Lambert was part of the syndicate that built and campaigned RAINBOW (HMCo. #1233) the Defender candidate that successfully dispatched one of the most competitive challengers ever, the British yacht ENDEAVOUR. During this match there was an incident in one of the races that led to controversy between the competitors. The Challenger, not believing the incident had been fairly handled, vowed never to return.In 1935, Lambert personally took it upon himself to try and rectify the unfortunate situation by mounting an ambitious diplomatic and sporting campaign. He bought YANKEE, another unsuccessful but ultimately competitive J Class yacht, sailed her across the Atlantic in a race against his other yacht the record-breaking schooner ATLANTIC, before competing in the entire UK regatta circuit over the following Summer months. Lambert’s initiative did much to reinvigorate motivation amongst the British yachting community for international competition such that a further challenge for the Cup came in 1937. Lambert was again a member of the syndicate that campaigned the Defender that year - RANGER. In 1958, Lambert was instrumental in helping get the 12 Metre COLUMBIA built for her successful defense.Leslie R. Jones photographer 1886-1967.Leslie Jones worked for the Boston Herald-Traveler newspaper between the years 1917 and 1956. He was educated at the Farm and Trade School on Thompson Island. Jones first worked as a pattern-maker, but had long held an interest in photography. While working in a Boston factory, he continued developing himself as a freelance photographer. It was not until Jones unfortunately lost two of his fingers to the factory machinery, however, which led him to convert this avocation into his profession. He joined the Boston Herald-Traveler staff in 1917.In his 39 years at the newspaper, Jones covered everything from a fox stuck in a tree on the Boston Common, to Charles Lindbergh's U.S. tour after the aviator crossed the Atlantic. His photographs document both the usual and the unusual in the daily life of Boston and its surrounding regions.