College crews – Vintage 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 College crews, a vintage poster 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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Rowing eights were among the most prominent spectacles in American college athletics, and this color poster from about 1908 celebrates that tradition. It was copyrighted by Charles W. Beck Jr. and carries the artist's pictograph signature. Crews from schools such as Harvard and Yale had raced on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, since 1852, and by the early 1900s intercollegiate regattas drew large crowds and newspaper coverage. Posters like this one helped spread that excitement beyond the campus and the riverbank.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1900-1910.Prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. K3. 1908. Copyright by Charles W. Beck, Jr. Signed with artist's pictograph. |
| Subjects | Universities & colleges--Sports--1900-1910. Team rowing--United States--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,132 × 1,459 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217121 |
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