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  • Collection: Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club collection
Go to Crew Positions on Scrap Paper item page

Piece of scrap paper with notes in pencil: "Won Central States Regatta and Southwestern States Regatta in Peoria in 1922 - Also, won dual regatta with Detroit in 1923: Russ Davis (stroke), Alvin Hoek, Richard Tanis, Geo. Donker, Bill Young, Phil…
Go to CSARA Flag item page

Single page with a drawing of the CSARA Flag, and a short description underneath detailing the presentation and use of the flag.
Go to Dark Brown Scrapbook item page

Dark brown scrapbook with a number of newspaper clippings and photos related to the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club
Go to Detroit Challenge Cup item page

Image of the Detroit Challenge Cup for the Intermediate Fours event, won by Conlon, Foote, Kuyers, and Schipps. On the back, an image of the cup for the Senior Quadruple Sculls event.
Go to Detroit Jr. Eight Winners item page

Four crewmen and coxman pose with oars and bullhorn, all wearing "D" tanks. Tarp divider in the background. C. S. A. R. A. Peoria written on bottom.
Go to Doubles in Canoe item page

Two male teammates in a canoe, racing. Shoreline with trees in the background.
Go to Eight-Person Crewboat with Cox item page

Unidentified female crew, gender of the cox uncertain (but likely male). On water with trees in the background. Cropmarks around subject. Found in dark brown scrapbook.
Go to Four Crewboats in Water item page

Distant crewboats in water at S. A. R. A. Lake Peoria with open water in the foreground. Found in dark brown scrapbook.
Go to Four Teammates on Dock With Oars item page

Four teammates pose for picture on a dock, holding their oars with their right hands. Found in dark brown scrapbook.
Go to Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club Ships its Oars item page

Newspaper article announcing the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club gifting their property and clubhouse on the Grand River to the city, with the undertsanding that the city continue the work of the club in sports.
Go to Grand Rapids Jr. and Sr. Eights Winners item page

Two 8-man crewboats in the water, multiple crewmates looking toward the camera. Hills on the shoreline in the background. "Grand Rapids, Winners, Jr. and Sr. Eights Peoria S. A. R. A."
Go to Grand Rapids Junior Eight Winners item page

8-man crew with cox on crewboat in the water. Winners of Jr. Eight Race at S. A. R. A. Lake Peoria. Found in dark brown scrap book.
Go to Grand Rapids Junior Four item page

Grand Rapids Junior Four crew on the water, S. A. R. A. Peoria Lake. Photo found in dark brown scrapbook.
Go to Grand Rapids Sr. Eight Race item page

Four distant crewboats, open water in the foreground, at S. A. R. A. Peoria Lake.
Go to Grand Rapids Winning 8 Race item page

In the background, three racing 8-crew boats, with open water in the foreground. Two X marks drawn in pencil beneath the boats.
Go to Grand Rapids Winning Sr. Eight item page

Three distant crewboats, triangular flag on a buouy in middleground at S. A. R. A. Peoria Lake.
Go to Grand Rapids Wins Sr. Eight item page

Single 8-man crewboat in the distance. Open water in the foreground.
Go to Green Scrapbook item page

Green scrapbook with a number of newspaper clippings and photos related to the Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club
Go to GVSC Revives an Old, Proud GR Sport item page

Newspaper article detailing GVSC's role in bringing crew back to GR, after Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club gifted clubhouse back to the city. One section tells the history of Grand Rapids Boat and Canoe Club prior to GVSC.
Go to Hundreds at Luncheon in Honor of A. A. Carroll item page

Newspaper article about a luncheon held in honor of A. A. Carroll, just retired as superintendent of police, who established a world rowing record in 1887, along with Charles McQuewan, William Sargent, and Jesse Fox. 400 Grand Rapids citizens and…
Go to John F. Corbet Death item page

Newspaper clipping of eulogy for John F. Corbet, who died at 83 and won a $1,000 prizeat the Columbian exposition, defeating Edward Clator in a single sculls race.
Go to July Fourth Music Program item page

Small card with printed American flag listing the songs and musicians of the music played at the July Fourth celebration in 1910.
Go to Junior "8" Crew Chicago item page

8-man crewboat in the water with a grassy shoreline in the background. H. E. Schumacher on stroke, H. C. Carlson on the bow, Bill Corbat on cox, with a crew of H. Templeman, W. J. McClure, R. E. Camfield, F. W. Grosspeter, R. R. Roberts, and O. N.…
Go to Junior 8 Grand Rapids item page

8-man crew with cox on crewboat, racing in Chicago. Trees and a car on the shore in the background.

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