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Philadelphia Barge Club: Historical Sketch, Charter, By-Laws, Racing Records and Membership
Historical sketch, charter, by-laws, racing records and membership. Copy signed by Louis Heiland.
Photo pc, eights race on Lake Whitney 1915, Identified: "Lake Whitmey Regatta, New Haven CT, May 8 1915
Identified: "Lake Whitmey Regatta, New Haven CT, May 8 1915
Photograph of ship's crew training with pulley weights
No description on reverse
Pictorial & Descriptive Guide To The Thames
3rd edition
Pieces of Eight: Bob Janousek and his Olympians
1st edition, signed by author
Pillow w/ silk jacquard woven rowing scene
1993; pillow crafted in Wallingford CT, silk image from 19th C
Pillow w/ silk jacquard woven rowing scene
1993; pillow crafted in Wallingford CT, silk image from 19th C
Pleasure Boating in the Victorian Era: an anthology of some of the more enterprising voyages made in pleasure boats on inland waterways during the nineteenth century
1st
Pocket pen knife
Side 1: embossed crew scene, side 2: embossed sailing scene
Pocock brass oarlock
Pocock dual-wheel sliding seat
Pocock oar
ca.1950s; re-painted Northeastern colors, white w/ red & black stripe,
Pocock oar section with blue label
Popular Boating magazine, Boatman of the Month - George Pocock article
March 1961
Port Chalmers : 100 Years of Rowing
1st edition
Poughkeepsie's Great Day
Rowing article removed from Outing magazine; Note - There are four bound, hard cover, 6-month volumes with complete issues in the collection: Oct. 1888-Mar. 1889 / Apr.-Sep. 1889 / Oct. 1890-Mar. 1891 / Oct. 1891-Mar. 1892
Practical Boat Building for Amateurs: Containing Full Instructions for Designing and Building Punts, Skiffs, Canoes, Sailing Boats, Etc. Illustrated with Working Diagrams.
2nd edition, 1882. A how-to manual for amateur boat builders covering the design and construction of punts, skiffs, canoes, and sailing boats, with working diagrams. Dixon Kemp contributed additional material to later editions.
Practical Rowing with Scull and Sweep: The Effects of Training
1st
Preparation for Championship Oxford and Cambridge
French woodcut print
Preparation for Success: A Rower's Guide to Mental Training
Presiden't Cup Regatta medal & ribbon (red/white/blue) w/ box
Relief of three standing oarsmen, outside ring: President's Cup Regatta * Washington, D.C.* rev: inscribed Eights, J.R. Beyer, 1946, stamped: Dieges & Clust, box lid marked: Dieges & Clust...
Presiden't Cup Regatta medal & ribbon (red/white/blue) w/ box
Relief of three standing oarsmen, outside ring: President's Cup Regatta * Washington, D.C.* rev inscribed: Rowing, Int. Doubles, 1949, J.R. Beyer, stamped: Sterlling, Dieges & Clust, box lid marked: Dieges & Clust...
press photo, b&w
William G Miller winning heat at 1932 Olympic Games, Long Beach
Press photo, Vivian Nickalls, U Penn Coach, 1914, pictured in new coaching launch
W/press label
Price List of Gymnastic Apparatus: Applying to Catalogs F-13, F-14, and F-15
Price list supplement applying to catalogs F-13, F-14, and F-15; the 15th catalog edition.