Name/Title
Program for Rowing RegattaEntry/Object ID
Archives 1905Tags
RowingScope and Content
12- pages plus cover "Souvenir Program First Annual Regatta of the Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen" (PAAO)
To take place in Vallejo, on "Decoration Day" Tuesday May 30, 1905.
Front cover: Red white and blue PAAO pennant on crossed oars
Page 1: PAAO officers (home clubs) and delegates from all clubs listed, along with regatta officials, judges, and timers.
Page 2-4: Photos of PAAO officers and rower Fred Sherry and a Dolphin Club 4 man + coxswain team of Richmond, Mohr, G.Kenniff (cox) McKevitt, Ward.
Page 5-12: Each page as three columns, center column lists events and competitors/club/colors, and other two are filled with advertisements.
Back cover: Announcement inviting oarsmen to upcoming 4th of July celebration in Vallejo.
Additional events: high and fancy diving, old clothes race, greasy boom, 100 yd swim, relay swim race, and duck hunt.
Teams represented: Alameda, Ariel, Dolphin, Vallejo.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
May 30, 1905Archive Notes
Cataloged by Morgan Kulla 8/12/21Condition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
August 12, 2021Notes
Two staples on binding are rustedAcquisition
Acquisition Method
DonationNotes
Donated by Deborah McKelvie of Citrus Heights, CA; found among papers of her father's family, July 2021.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen (PAAO) RecordsResearch Notes
Notes
Decoration Day is an earlier name for Memorial Day, when mainly Civil War dead were honored.
