Engraved: “Presented to the Schuylkill Navy 1948 By George F. Hoffman to be Rowed For Annually by Junior Eight - Oared Shell Crews of the Schuylkill Navy to Become the Property of the Club winning It Three Times in Succession: 1948 Malta, 1949 Undine, 1950 Vesper, 1951 - 52 No Race, 1953 - 1954 Vesper”
Engraved: “The Nassau BC of New York 1874 June 17, The University Barge Club of Phila 1878, The University Barge Club 1903, Philadelphia Barge Club 1906, Nassau BC 1875, West Philadelphia BC 1883, West Philadelphia BC 1885, Undine 1886, Philadelphia Barge Club 1887, Undine 1888 - 1889”
This volume is populalry known as one of the "Blue Books", compiled by Schuylkill Navy Commodores, tracing the history of the Schuylkill Navy and rowing in Philadelphia.
This volume is populalry known as one of the "Blue Books", compiled by Schuylkill Navy Commodores, tracing the history of the Schuylkill Navy and rowing in Philadelphia.
Engraved on plate affixed to frame: “This Restoration of the Schuylkill Navy Charter was Completed in 1995, as a Memorial to Doc Bergen, Commodore 1958-1960. The Charter is a Pennsylvania Certificate of Incorporation certified by the Recorder of Deeds of the City and County of Philadelphia on July 5, 1882.”
