Royal nautical club, royal nautical sport of Ghent. Postcard sport Rowing. Heliotype. Winner Henley 1909. Vintage rowing. Athlete.

Beautiful and rare specimen of sports collection.
Postcard representing the 8 with coxswain of the Royal Nautical Club of Ghent winner of the "Grand Challenge Cup" at 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.
Printing method Heliotype. (Printing is done on wet paper, on a lithographic press. This is the most widely used photomechanical process until 1930 for large-scale illustration, such as 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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