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1910. "Columbia crew at Poughkeepsie boathouse -- Members of the Columbia University varsity eight-oared crew team. Top row: R.K. Murphy, F. Miller, Paul Renshaw, A.M. Hamman, W. Steinschneider, G. Downing; bottom row: S. Pitt, A. Brock, and F.H. Saunders at Poughkeepsie, New York, for an intercollegiate regatta." Gelatin silver print. Bain News Service. View full size.
They were still around in the mid '70s, though we only wore them for races and then only in the lower boats. Ours were dark blue, though, so they weren't as, um, prominent.
From now on, we are going to ban the knitted jersey swim trunks.
Where did they row to -- England and back in the same afternoon?
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