Image: Wahnetah Boat Club training on Flushing Bay (1917)

Description: Wahnetah Boat Club training on Flushing Bay. Identifier: illustratedflush00rich Title: Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa Year: 1917 (1910s) Authors: Richardson, Darby. Subjects: Publisher: [Flushing, N.Y.] : Darby Richardson Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: Wahnetah Boat Club Champion Eight. Won American Henley at Philadelphia, 1910Photograph Taken on Flushing Bay 46 FLUSHING AND VICINITY The clubs that are most prominent in sports are the Triangle ofFlushing, Wahnetah Boat Club of Flushing, Flushing Boat Club,Malba Field and Marine Club, Warlow of Whitestone, College PointLyceum, Broadway Country Club, Broadway-on-the-Hill Tennis Club,and the Shinnecock Club. These are all taking up athletics in variousdirections, but the real representative club of the Amateur AthleticUnion is the Shinnecock which, since joining the A. A. U. in 1915, hasfrom time to time promoted road races and cross-country runs opento the A. A. U. THE WAHNETAH BOAT CLUB succeeded the old Neriusorganization in 1897. It is recognized as one of the best rowing associa-tions in the country. In 1910 its eight crew won the American Henleyon the Skulkill River (Phila.) against the countrys finest crews, and onDecoration Day, 1910, Wahnetah eight won again at the Harlem Rive Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Wahnetah Boat Club training on Flushing Bay (1917)
Credit: Image from page 47 of "Illustrated Flushing and vicinity : College Point, Broadway-Flushing, Malba-on-the-Sound, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck in the third wa" (1917)
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