First Annual Regatta of the Watkins and Seneca Lake Rowing Association, 1874

newspaper engraving

PRINTS - ENGRAVINGS
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper; Becker, Joseph
USA, NY, Seneca Lake
1874-09-26
paper
16-1/8 x 11-1/4 in.

Newspaper engraving; page 41 from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper", September 26, 1874; illustrations of rowing regatta, "SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE FIRST ANNUAL REGATTA OF THE WATKINS AND SENECA LAKE ROWING ASSOCIATION. - SKETCHED BY JOSEPH BECKER", with individual captions: 1) man holding money, "A BETTER, FROM STEUBEN CO.; 2) spectators behind a rope, "SCENE AT THE DEPOT"; 3) spectator with picnic lunch and telescope "IN FOR A DAY'S PLEASURE"; 4) peanut vendor vignette, and man firing start gun "ARE-YOU-READY"; 5) spectators in rowboat with umbrellas (vignette), and man holding finish flag? "TIME"; 6) center picture of the race "Four-Oared Shell Race"; 7) man falling out of punt "AN AMATEUR OARSMAN", 8) crowd of bettors? "THE SHARPER AND HIS VICTIMS"; 9) the winner, "THE FAVORITE"; 10) unidentified vessel, "A SENECA LAKE WATER MILL".

2005.110.82