Calling out sick and heading for the regatta to cheer on your boyfriend who crews for the Potomac Boat Club. Washington, DC. One from Baltimore but it fits right in.

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Attendees of the Potomac Boat Club’s annual oyster roast of 1922. Washington, DC. American. Photo credit: Panoramic photographic portrait. Schutz Group Photographers, Washington, DC. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29690?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0
Regatta day, Potomac Boat House and Guests: The Potomac Boat House on Regatta Day as photographed from the Potomac River. Crowds of people crowd the dock and all levels of the building along the waterfront. Washington, DC. American. August 14, 1904 image. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29657?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=10
George Hernan, President of the Potomac Boat Club, presents Times-Herald medals to the Fairmont Crew of Philadelphia, winners of the President’s Cup Regatta. Washington, DC. American. September 7, 1941 image. Photographer not given. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29687?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=11
Potomac Crew team that beat the Columbias of Washington, D.C. and Elizabeths of Portsmouth, Virginia at Lynchburg, Virginia on July 4, 1883. Washington, DC. American. Moses P. Rice, photographer. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29617?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=14
Coxless four on the water. Potomac Boat Club, Washington, DC. American. Undated image. Photographer not given. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. viahttps://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29679?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=15
Potomac Boat Club Annual Halloween Dance, 1925: Attendees of the Potomac Boat Club’s Halloween Dance, 1925. The large group poses inside the club with a number of them dressed in costumes. Several people are in blackface. Washington, DC. American. Photographer not given. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29635?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=051bd2abfbd24fafef8c&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=17
Intermediate Four-Oared Gig, Middle States Regatta: Group studio portrait of five men who participated in the Intermediate Four-Oared Gig, Middle States Regatta, Baltimore, Maryland, September 7, 1914. American. Photographer not given. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29630?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=e5ecf4c261fa594bd3d7&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=1&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=14
Potomac Boat Club Marches in a Parade: Group of Potomac Boat Club members pose in uniforms with oars, club banner, and United States flags near the Pension Building. Washington, DC. Undated image but it was Photograph was presented to the Potomac Boat Club by James S. Abbott, the photographer, on August 26, 1916. Image © DC Public Library, The People’s Archive, George Peabody Room, Potomac Boat Club Collection. Fair use license. via https://digdc.dclibrary.org/islandora/object/dcplislandora%3A29685?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=1b7b4a77aeebb0493053&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=2&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0

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