Name/Title
Program for Rowing RegattaEntry/Object ID
Archives 1898Tags
RowingScope and Content
Program for PAAO Rowing Regatta at El Campo on June 26, 1898.
Rectangular folded program, title on front, events and names of rowers/colors listed on two inside pages, names of officers/organizing committee/judges listed on back.
Participating clubs: Alameda, Ariel, Dolphin, Olympic, Pioneer, South End, Stockton.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
June 26, 1898Archive Notes
Cataloged by Morgan Kulla 8/11/21Condition
Overall Condition
FairDate Examined
August 11, 2021Acquisition
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
El Campo (later renamed Paradise Beach) was a picnic resort established in 1891 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad[2] in hopes of increasing ridership on their ferries between San Francisco and Marin. Facilities at the resort included a dance pavilion, merry-go-round, bowling alley, fishing pier, shooting gallery and over 100 acres of picnic grounds. The resort became such a popular attraction that crowds lined up on the pier in San Francisco on the weekend to catch the ferry to the resort; the site was only accessible by ferry. (Source: Wikipedia)
