On back: "Frank H. Furness assisted in recruiting company "I," and was mustered Second Lieutenant, October 14th, 1861. Promoted and mustered First Lieutenant "I" company April, 1862. At the organization of the Cavalry Corps by General Hooker, in the spring of 1863, Lieuttenant Furness was ordered to the staff of General Stoneman, and served with the Cavalry Corps as aide-de-camp until after the battle of Gettysburg, when he rejoined the regiment and was promoted Captain of "F" company, with which he served until mustered out with it, October 4th, 1864.
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
Michael E. Hogue Jr 1983-1986, Christopher I. Blackwall 1986-1990, Albert L. Doering 1990-1993, Willem B. Van Der Linde 1993-1999, John E. Basinski 1993-2003
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 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.