These are sheets of original letterhead for the Unites States Rowing Society, which is the entity that succeeded Pennsylvania Barge Club as the owner/steward of #4 Kelly Drive, Boathouse Row, Philadelphia.
This is a photo greeting card in an embossed leather cover. Although the exact date is unknown, four of the crew members in this photo are the same athletes who competed in the Olympics in 1928
This poster depicts a professional 5 mile singles race between Walter Brown and James Hammill on September 9, 1867 at Newburg Bay on the Hudson River in New York. "Won by Hammill on a claim of foul allowed by the referree, Stephen Roberts, Esq.
The exact date of this postcard is unknown, but the photo was taken before the construction of the third floor of the Pennsylvania Barge Club, which was completed in 1913.
This is a poster reproduction of the famous Eakins painting of Max Schmitt, celebrating Schmitt's victory in the Schuylkill Navy Championship in 1871. Both Schmitt and Eakins were Members of the Pennsylvania Barge Club.
This is the Victory Diploma for Frank Cosgrove's win in the Junior Single Gigs race at the Schuylkill Navy Regatta in June of 1947; the Diploma is signed by Ernest H. Bayer, who was President of the Pennsylvania Barge Club at the time, as well as Commodore of the Schuylkill Navy
This is a framed poster of the oil painting of Thomas Eakins, by his wife Susan McDowell Eakins, posthumously, from an earlier photo. Eakins was a Member of the Pennsylvania Barge Club
This Olympic Diploma honors the second-place finish by Pennsylvania Barge Club members representing the US at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928 in the Four-Oared Shell Event
This Olympic Diploma honors the third-place finish by Pennsylvania Barge Club members representing the US at the Amsterdam Olympics in 1928 in the Pair-Oared Shell Event
