U.S. Single Scull Championship Race, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1867, artist's impression.

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Scanned by: 

Sarah Goldberg, House Divided Project at Dickinson College

Scan date: 

07/20/2016

Notes: 

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 8, 2016.

Depicted content: 

• On the Monongahela and Ohio rivers at Pittsburgh, Walter Brown wins the American Single Sculls title.
• In a rematch at Newburgh, New York, James Hamill wins back the American Single Sculls title from Walter Brown.

Image type: 

engraving

Courtesy of: 

Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Original caption: 

The Scull Race at Pittsburg - the Start from the Suspension Bridge - Sketched by C.S. Reinhart.

Source citation: 

Harper's Weekly Magazine, June 8, 1867, p. 364.