90 AD | Marc Antony silver denarius showing an oared galley.
1275 | Mss. vellum page from French Bible describing the oarsmen of Tyre.
| 1540 | Lazare de Baif's DE RE NAVALIS, with early wood engravings of oared vessels.
| 1700s on | Periodicals articles relating to rowing dating from early Doggett's contests (1720's) to current events.
| 1775 | Engraved ticket to the first great London water festival at Ranelagh.
| 1775 | Oldest English engraving of a regatta scene, showing the backs of spectators.
| 1790 | First English edition of Euler?s analysis of the physics of rowing.
| 1822 | Oldest print of team rowing, showing Oxford college boats in a bumping race on the Isis.
| 1823 | Second oldest print of team rowing, showing Oxford's Brasenose College crew on the Cherwell.
| 1825 | Newspaper reporting the New York boat race between the Whitehallers and the Staten Islanders
| 1829 | Doggett's Badge, won by
| 1830-40 | Several aquatints of Oxford college boats
| 1831 | 'Westminster Bridge, Surry Shore, the famous view of Searles (and Lyons) boat yard, the initial Leander boat house (both versions).
| 1834 | First English and American (1836) editions of WALKER'S MANLY EXERCISES, the first book of wide circulation to espouse rowing for exercise and pleasure.
| 1836 | 'Eton Beating Westminster,' the oldest, rarest view of this great, early interscholastic contest.
| 1836 | 'The Celebration of the Fourth of June at Eton,' the oldest, finest image of the Procession of the Boats.
| 1837 | Coin silver presentation pitcher by Frederick Marquand of New York awarded to the Erie Boat Club, victors in a five mile race, the earliest American team trophy award of which I am aware.
| 1840s-60s | Boxed diorama of 'Ion' boat club coxed six-oar
| 1840s-90s | Several hundred wood engravings from U.S. and British news magazines.
| 1843 | 'Match Between Eton and Westminster,' possibly the best known image of this rivalry.
| 1843 | Stunning silver Thames Regatta medal
| 1844 | A pewter glass bottom English rowing trophy tankard
| 1845 | 'Print of the Eight-Oared Outrigger,' the only view to show a race between inrigged and outrigged eights, in which Westminster, rowing in the revolutionary new boat, uncharacteristically defeated Eton, racing in a heavier, beamier traditional craft (the print was commissioned by the victorious boat builders).
| 1846 | A silver wherry awarded for pair oar rowing at Henley.
| 1846 | An exquisite hallmarked and engraved silver oar awarded to a victorious Thames Regatta oarsman.
| 1846 | Large silver Lancaster Regatta Borough Cup medal
| 1846 | Folio color lithograph of Coombes race against Cambell, showing the Leander eight with flag and tophats, and a veiled woman coxing a four.
| 1846 | Worcester Regatta race program.
| [1847?] | 'The Flags and Aquatic Costumes of the Boating Societies,' a set of small lithographic images for ready identification of the Cambridge college boat clubs, printed on a long strip of paper and folded concertina style into a pocket size binding.
| [1847] | 'The Flags and Uniforms of the Isis Societies,' a set of small lithographic images for ready identification of the Oxford college boat clubs, printed on a long strip of paper and folded concertina style into a pocket size binding.
| 1848 | A silver wherry awarded for pair oar rowing at Henley.
| 1848 | 'The Final Heat of the Champion Prize at the Thames Grand Regatta,' the finest image of an early Thames team boat race.
| 1850's on | Numerous pewter trophy tankards ("pots"), and silver and plate trophy goblets.
| 1850's on | Medals from many of the principal Henley events
| 1851 | Silver oar awarded at the Staines Regatta.
| c.1852 | All seven rowing scenes from the color lithograph series 'Eton and Oxford - A Few Familiar Scenes.'
| 1852 | Copy of the scarce AQUATIC ORACLE, the first compilation of boat race records, organized by individual competitor rather than by institution (creating a cross-reference nightmare, and quickly abandoned as a useful approach), and divided between gentlemen amateurs and watermen, tradesmen and landsmen.
| 1850?s | Medals (including the 1856 Ladies and Grand) from a crew member of Matt Taylor's revolutionary Royal Chester Boat Club keelless eight.
| 1857 | Copy of the extremely rare OARSMAN'S GUIDE TO THE THAMES by a Member of the Leander Club.
| 1858 | Stereograph of the Matt Taylor eight used by Exeter College at Henley.
| 1858 | Watercolor of the 1858 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race by a member of the Cambridge crew.
| 1858 | Cased silver medal awarded to member of victorious Cambridge Boat Race crew
| 1858 | Putman?s THE ROWER?S MANUAL, and Boat Club Register [cover stamped 1859], the first American book on rowing as a sport.
| 1858 | Railroad sponsored Springfield regatta poster.
| 1859 | Illuminated blade from the Oxford - Cambridge Boat Race.
| 1859 | Albumen portrait of the Yale Atalanta boat club (Class of '61)
| 1859 | Each of 'The Start,' 'The Race' and 'The Procession of the Boats' from the Ryman?s noted series of color lithographs.
| 1859/60 | Three Anthony stereoviews of the July 4, 1859 regatta in New York harbor (?The Battery and Bay Before the Regatta, July 4th, 1859; [the regatta]; Crowd Leaving the Ground After the Regatta, July 4th, 1859?) and [five] Anthony stereoview[s] of the July 4, 1860 regatta in New York harbor ().
| 1859/60 | DePrades? noted steel engraving of the London Rowing Club.
| 1861 | An English professional sculler?s silver arm badge prize.
| 1863 | Large color lithograph of sculling champion Richard Green.
| 18xx | Large color lithograph of sculling champion Robert Chambers.
| 18xx | Large color lithograph of sculling champion Henry Kelly.
| 1865 on | Most of the issues of the BRITISH ROWING ALMANACK (est. 1861)
| 1865 on | Most of the Yale - Harvard boat race programs
| 1865-66 | Quinsigamond race programs, including Yale - Harvard boat races, as well as contests featuring the Biglin brothers, the Ward brothers and Walter Brown.
| 1866 | Peverelly?s sport classic AMERICAN PASTIMES, which describes rowing, yachting, cricket and baseball - and is the first great baseball history text.
| 1867 | Carte de visite of the famous St. John's Paris boat crew.
| 1867 | A medal from the Paris exhibition regatta.
| 1867/9 | Currier & Ives folio color lithograph of Hammill and Brown.
| 1868 | Railroad poster for train service to Quinsigamond regatta.
| 1868 | Stereoview of six-oar crew at Quinsigamond including five Ward brothers.
| 1869 | Carte de visite of the Oxford crew that defeated Harvard.
| 1869 | Currier & Ives color lithograph of "The Great International Boat Race" [Harvard versus Oxford]
| 1870 | Cased silver medal presented to victorious Oxford - Cambridge crew members.
| 1870/1 | Cabinet photo of Renforth's Tyneside crew taken days before Renforth's death in the race.
| 1870's on | Many NAAO (now USRA) championships race programs, including 1876
| 1870's-80's | Numerous silk ribbons printed for Mid West regattas.
| 1871 | Robert Johnson's extremely rare HISTORY OF AMERICAN ROWING.
| 1871 | Photo montage of the Massachusetts crew that won the first U.S. collegiate regatta.
| 1871 | Lipschitz' famous color lithograph of 'The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race.'
| 1871 | Walter Greaves' signed etching of 'The Last Chelsea Regatta.'
| 1872 | Carte de visite of the U.S. Atalanta international four-oar crew.
| 1874 | Cabinet photos of the Columbia (victors) and Cornell crews.
| 1876 | Race programs and photographs from the 1876 Centennial celebration and regatta in Philadelphia, including a photo of Bob Cook and the winning Yale four.
| 1876 | Two Centennial Currier & Ives rowing caricatures, ;The Champion Rowist - The Pride of the Club' and 'A Modern College Scull - Graduating with all the honors.'
| 1876 | Illuminated blade from the victors in the Oxford - Frankfurt match.
| 1877 | A rare volume of Henley race records signed by ?Guts? Woodgate.
| 1878 | Elephant broadside for a regatta at Newburg.
| c.1880 | All five rowing plates from Shrimpton's 'Reminiscences of Oxford Varsity Life by An Undergraduate.'
| [1880] | Col lith of Hanlan and Courtney
| 1881 | The Harvard - Yale boat race trophy for 1881.
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