June Pickups

[vintagesportscollector]

During the late 19th Century and early 20th, rowing was a very popular spectator sport, and coverage of big races would be front page news nationally.

1915 IRA Regatta (won by Cornell). Scrapbook page with Observation Train Tickets and Photos. Fans lined the Hudson River, in Poughkeepsie NY, and those with tickets could ride the observation train that ran alongside the shore during the race, keeping pace with the boats over the 4 mile course. (last photo, not part of scrapbook, is a stock image, but shows what the train looked like).

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[Bpm0014]

Just happened to notice that the above photos were taken exactly 102 years ago to the day.....

[icollectDCsports]

Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector

Fans lined the Hudson River, in Poughkeepsie NY, and those with tickets could ride the observation train that ran alongside the shore during the race, keeping pace with the boats over the 4 mile course. (last photo, not part of scrapbook, is a stock image, but shows what the train looked like).

Very cool way to observe a sporting event. I had no idea that they did that -- at least back then.

[gnaz01]

Never saw this before, happy to get it. 10 pages of famous men who endorsed Tuxedo....including Matty.