2d Varsity (Henley) Crew, Harvard – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with 2d Varsity (Henley) Crew, Harvard, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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2d Varsity (Henley) Crew, Harvard
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This picture shows Harvard's second varsity crew, a rowing eight identified by the "Henley" in its title, which most likely points to the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames in England, where American college crews raced in the early twentieth century. The record gives no date, so the exact occasion is unconfirmed. The image comes from the George Grantham Bain Collection, made from glass negatives by the Bain News Service, a New York agency that supplied newspapers with news photographs from about 1900 through the 1920s. The second varsity, or junior crew, was the squad one step below the top boat, so the photograph shows the men who trained to fill those top seats.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,798 × 4,298 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-17497 |
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