Fashionable Crowd On the Boom at Henley

Press photograph of Henley Royal Regatta, 1938

The caption on the reverse reads: 'The fashionable crowd lining the boom on the famous stretch of the Thames on Finals Day at Royal Regatta, Henley, Oxfordshire. 2nd July 1938'


Gifted by Thomas E. Weil to the American Friends of the River & Rowing Museum in honour of the years of dedicated service given by Paul Mainds to the River & Rowing Museum.

Thomas E. Weil is a very knowledgeable and respected collector of rowing memorabilia from all over the world. His extensive collection includes material from many years of the Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, and Henley Royal Regatta. He also lectures and writes on rowing history and is a Trustee of the River and Rowing Museum.