Royal Nautical Club, Royal Nautical Sports of Ghent. Rowing sports postcard. Heliotype. Winner Henley 1909. Vintage rowing. Athlete.

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Beautiful and rare specimen of sports collection.
Postcard showing the coxed 8 of the Royal Nautical Club of Ghent, winner of the "Grand Challenge Cup" in Henley-on-Thames (United Kingdom) in 1909.
Crew: Urbain Molmans, Guillaume Visser, St. Kowalski, Réme Orban, François Vergucht, Polydore Veirman, Oscar de Somville, Rodolphe Poma, Alfred van Landeghem (helmsman).
Publisher and printer De Graeve.
Heliotype printing method. (Printing is done on wet paper, on a lithographic press. This was the most widely used photomechanical process until 1930 for large-scale illustration, for example postcards).

The postcard, without writing, is in very good condition. The corners are slightly rubbed (see photos).
9 cm by 14.5 cm or 5 3/4 inches by 3 1/2 inches.

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