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Panoramic Photo of Fairmount Water Works and Boathouse Row

late 19th century

Pennsylvania Barge Club Four-Oared Gig

late 19th century

This is a photo of a Pennsylvania Barge Club Four-Oared Gig Crew; photo was taken on the water across from the Philadelphia Water Works

Photo of Frank Baltz

circa 1890

This photo depicts Frank Baltz; three time winner of the Schuylkill Navy Champion Single Sculls in 1897-88-89. Baltz was a Member of the Pennsylvania Barge Club

Vesper BC Senior Eight-Oared Shell

1895-08

This photo celebrates the victory by Vesper BC at the NAAO Championships in Indianapolis, IN on August 17, 1895 in the Senior Eight-Oared Shells

Pennsylvania Barge Club, Winners American Championship 1898

1898

This is a photo of the National Champion boats from the Pennsylvania Barge Club 1n 1898. The Eight-Oarde Shell is in the foreground, and the Single Sculler, James Juvenal, is in ther background.

Pennsylvania Barge Club

circa 1900

This is a photo of the Pennsylvania Barge Club, circa 1900

Pennsylvania Barge Club

circa 1900

Boathouse Row

circa 1905

This photo is taken from the Walking Path along Boathouse Row and depicts Fairmount Rowing Association and Pennsylvania Barge Club

Photo of James Juvenal

1905

This is a photo of James Juvenal, taken after his victory in the Middle States Regatta in 1905 in the Senior Quarter Mile Dash

Pennsylvania Barge Club Double Sculls 1914

1914

This is a photo of the Pennsylvania Barge Club Double sculls Crew which won the Peoples Regatta and the Middles States Regatta in 1914

Glass Display Case Containing Silk Victory Banners and Photos

1920

These objetcs celebrate the National Championship Victory by Pennsylvania Barge Club in the Senior Four-Oared Shells and the International Four-Oared Shell in Worcester, MA on July 23-24, 1920 and during the 1920 Season

Fairmount Dam and Boathouse Row

circa 1920

This is an aerial photo of Fairmount Dam and Boathouse Row

Ribbon: Worn by Pennsylvania Barge Club oarsmen competing in the 1920 Olympics in Brussells, Belgium

1920

Photo and News Clipping Celebrating Olympic Bronze Medal of Pennsylvania Barge Club

1924

Glass Display Case Containing Silk Victory Banners and Photos

1925

These objetcs celebrate the National Championship Victory by Pennsylvania Barge Club in the Senior Four-Oared Shells and the Senior Eight-Oared Shell in Philadelphia, PA

Photo Collage of the Pennsylvania Barge Club 1927 Season Victories in the Four-Oared Shell with Coxswain

1927

This photo collage depicts the crew in two still images on the water in their shell along Boathouse Row, and standing in front of the boat bays at the Pennsylvania Barge Club

IX Olympiad Amsterdam 1928 USA Silver Medal Four-Oared Shell

1928

This photo celebrates the Silver Medal of the USA Olympic Team in 1928 in the Four-Oared Shell Event at the Olympics in Amsterdam in 1928; the inscription on the back lists the crew members, and adds "Silver Medal, Missed Goal by One Second...One Second!"

US Olympic Trials Team Photo of the Pennsylvania Barge Club Four-Oared Shell

1928

This is a framed photo taken after the US Olympic Trials in 1928, of the winning team in the Four-Oared Shell event, from the Pennsylvania Barge Club, which represented the US in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam.

Greeting Card: Pennsylvania Barge Club

circa 1928

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

Publicity Photo of the Olympic Champion Pair-Oared Shell with Coxswain in 1932

1932

This photo celebrates the Gold Medal Pennsylvania Barge Club crew in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932

Photos Celebrating the Olympic Victory of the USA Pair-Oared Shell with Coxswain at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 1932

1932

This is a collection of three photos, taken at the Long Beach CA Rowing Venue in Los Angeles CA During the Rowing Competition, and at the Pennsylvania Barge Club

Photo: Schuylkill Navy Review

1935-06-06

This is an original photo of a "Commodore's Review" conducted near the east bank of the Schuylkill below Girard Avenue Bridge.

Photo of Ernest H. Bayer (1904 - 1997)

circa 1940

This is the original photo of Ernest Bayer that was published annually in the Yearbook of the NAAO, in which Bayer served as Chief Financial Officer and President for 3 decades

Commendation by the US Rowing Society honoring the 1932 Plympic Victory of Joseph Schauers, Edward Jennings and Charles Kieffer

1964-06

This Commendation honors the Olympic Victory in 1932 for Pennsylvania Barge Club Members Joesph Schauers, Ed Jennings and Charles Kieffer.

Photo of Ernest H. Bayer (1904 - 1997) instructing a Young Women How to Row, on the docks of the Philadelphia Girls Rowing Club

circa 1969

This photo is entitled "The Master Guiding the Novice"