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Originally Posted by vintagesportscollector
Large 1891 Cornell rowing photograph by C.H. Howes.
The photo was taken June 25th, 1891, in New London, CT, when Cornell brakes the world record for an eight-oared 3-mile race with a time of 14 minutes 27½ seconds. The photo has some condition issues, which I will need to address to best preserve, but a very rare original photograph of an historically dominant crew.
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Very cool. I was captain of my high school crew team. We never came close to setting any records though.
