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This is probably Leland Stanford Scott, a Stanford University senior when he set a world record in the pole vault at a college meet between Stanford and Colorado, which took place in Boulder on May 27, 1910 (the third and fourth listings, a couple of scrolls down from the top on this web page.) I've been unable to discover if Scott was related to University founder Leland Stanford, or was just named after him.

whyaduck: Thanks for the information! It seems likely this is the same man. We'll expand the descriptive data and reload it to Flickr.

Anyone know why he's wearing two different shoes? Something to do with pole vaulting?

I have compiled a short biography of him: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richard_Arthur_Norton_(1958-_)/Leland_Stanford_Scott

According to STANFORD CREW HISTORY 1893-1956, by G. Wayne Dow [ www.gdow.net/pdffiles/crewhist.pdf ], Seward was Varsity captain of Stanford Crew in 1912. Also, page 453 of Cornell Alumni News [ ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3529/3/014_38... ] indicates that Cornell lent Stanford and Capt. Seward its coaching launch in 1912. A Cornell launch is certainly in the other picture, www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2890283224/in/p... .

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2163148987/ . That picture looks like the first three or four (from the left) in this one. According to NYT at query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F04E6DE113AE633A..., the crew is Olmsted (bow), Beale, Smith, Watkins, Duryea, Walford, Seward , Partridge (stroke), and Guerena (cox)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Hudson Valley, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Looks like same people as in www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2889448163/.

The bridge displayed here is the railroad bridge, which burned in 1974 but is still standing. It is no longer in use as a railroad bridge. Plans have been made to reopen it as a walking bridge. Normally, when people say the Poughkeepsie Bridge they are thinking of the automobile bridge a bit to the south of the railroad bridge. It was built in the 1930s after this picture was taken.

yeah the bridge is open fro walking now.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Hudson Valley, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wooden Rowing Shells, and we'd love to have this added to the group!