Help with Photo 1894

Hello Everyone!

Hope you are having a lovely Spring! Crazy weather here in MA! UP & Down & Up & Down lol Outdoor flea markets are gonna have a tough time if it keeps up!

Any who! I purchased this photo from a fellow who said it was a Masonic Sports Club. He had found two references to such a name, one being in NJ the other in Canada.

Was trying to get some info on the group. See if what he was saying was correct. I found reference to the NJ one but it seems they were a soccer team and the uniforms don't say soccer to me.

I should mention the photo was taken in Boston, MA

Any opinions or help would be greatly appreciated!

Warmest Regards,
Scantic

 

I found this at
www.1stforbadges.com

 

Bakers?
Did we see something like this recently?
Right with your knowledge/research ability methinks.

 

Taylor's Tavern...

Check out the pup on the balcony - awww!

 

Haha!! I really loved him! But my favorite is the Pug with it's head perfectly between the rails next to the Dinners sign! Seated perfectly on a chair!

 

The "True Blues of the West End" had a barge race against the Alden Exchange Club in Boston in July of 1894, according to this newspaper:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?...AAIBAJ&sjid=jVQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4160,228835&hl=en

Article is at the very bottom near the center, titled Barge Race on the Charles Tomorrow.

 

I was thinking the pants these guys were wearing weren't really appropriate for any sport - but boating? Absolutely! Good find, Kronos!

 

This makes total sense now!! I got this other photo from the same seller today!
(I'll be posting it below!)

 

Other Photo

 

Do you guys think that is the "Barge" ?

 

I don't think so. The "barge" should be propelled by all those beefy men rowing it.

 

Well now, I answered without enlarging the picture - on the basis of the smokestack. But it does look like there are several diagonally placed boards hanging off the side - as if they are connected to the deck foot railing. But they don't look long enough to reach the water.

Is there a low riding shell - like a crew shell? tethered alongside?

Another odd thing - if you follow the line of the gunwales to the left - toward what should be the stern (based on the flag placed there) - and then look down toward the water level, it looks like there's no hull there! As if that end of the boat is lifted into the air - abandon ship!!

 

I think you are correct! Their does look to be another boat along side of the bigger boat. Not sure about the lifted up portion. Possibly just faded?

 

Kronos....AWESOME find......copied and clipped: