Four-oar sculls national championship boat race, Hudson River, New York, September 25, 1865, artist's impression

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Joseph Williams, Archives and Special Collections, Dickinson College

Scan date

07/29/2013

Notes

Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, August 31, 2015.

Depicted ContentTwo four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars

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engraving

Original caption

The great four-oared boat race for two thousand dollars and the championship of American waters, between New York and Newburgh, on the Hudson River at Sing Sing, N.Y., Monday, Sept. 25 - the Newburgh crew victorious.

Source citation

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 14, 1865, 53.