Artifacts and memorabilia

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Brochure: 150th Anniversary Celebration of the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia, 1858 - 2008
This pamphlet contains the program and agenda of the 15th Anniversary Celebration of the Schuylkill Navy of Philadelphia
Bronze 1962 Hannover Regatta medal
Obv: standing oarsman with crews racing in background, rev: "Hannover 2. Sept. 1962" surrounded by wreath
Bronze German medal w/pin bar
Obv: oarsman standing holding oar and wreath w/background rowing scene, rev: laurel sprig
Bronze medal w/white pinback ribbon
Obv: oarsman holding oar & wreath. rev: engraved - A.N.K. '59, mkr mark: Balfour
Bronze medal, no inscription
Relief of oarsman standing on shore holding oar watching a race. reverse inscribed inside wreath: Linden R.C. (now Sons of the Thames RC) 1949 Drawn Fours
Bronze Metropolitan Regatta - Old Barnes Challenge Cup medal
(No date determined yet), obv: standing oarsman w Barnes Bridge in Background, rev: relief of trophy.
Bronze pin back Mundener Regatta medal
Obv: pair oarsmen rowing, outer ring "10 Mundener Ruderregatta 1959," rev: no inscription
Bronze table mirror
Oarsman holding oar & wreath
Builder's decal
Oars-Builder-Shells
Builder's plate
(Mounted on display Board)
Builder's plate
(Mounted on display board)
Builder's plate
(Mounted on display board)
Builder's plate
Boat plate, inscribed: E. Waters & Sons, Builders, Troy NY, Patented May 11, 1869, No. 223. The boat plate was fastened to the hull production number 223, (mounted on display board)
Builder's plate: Cantiere Navale Di Donoratico
Conte Gaddo Della Gherardesca
Builder's plate: Rowing Shells
Francis Willard Hagerty
Building Keystone: Pennsylvania Barge Club
This is a photo of the building keystone on the front elevation of the Pennsylvania Barge Club at #4 Boathouse Row, Philadelphia, PA. The keystone depicts the date the Club was founded (1861), the date the boathouse was originally built (1869), and the date of the third floor addition (1912)