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A card produced by Stearn & Sons, Cambridge, of the 1935 Cambridge University Crew. Includes portrait pictures with name, rowing position, College attended, and weight.

The names appear out of rowing order from left to right as follows:
Bow - T. R. M. Spincott, 12.2, Pembroke
6 - M. P. Lonnon, 12.7, Third Trinity
2 - E. A. Szilagyi, 12.0, Jesus
5 - D. G. Kingsford, 12.5, Pembroke
7 - J. H. T. Wilson, 13.0, Pembroke, Hon:Sec
N. J. Bradley, Pembroke, President
3 - A. D. Kinsgsford, 12.5, Pembroke
4 - J. H. C. Powell, 12.5, Third Trinity
Str. - W. G. R. M. Laurie, 13.4, Selwyn
Cox - J. N. Duckworth, 8.0, Jesus

Percy's menu for the Noel Duckworth dinner held at Wolfson College, Cambridge on 16 November 1973, with signatures of people in attendance. Also includes a single sheet of paper inserted inside of a Jesus College menu from Monday 14 March [no year].

A photograph of Steve Fairbairn superimposed above Jesus College Boathouse. Annotation on the back reads:

'Can you take out the slight mark under the left hand side of the face'

A colour photograph of Percy standing between some oars at Henley. The annotation underneath the picture on the page reads 'Percy at Henley 1953'.

A colour photograph of Percy being presented with a book.

The picture is of the same event in JCCP/BULLOCK/2/42 but from a different angle.

A black and white photograph of a boat of four rowers on the river taken by Hills and Saunders photographers, Cambridge.

A pencil drawing of the old Boathouse titled 'Jesus College Boat-House, Cambridge' by V. Robinson, 1929.

A black and white photograph of a crew rowing on the river Cam with people walking alongside on the path.

A black and white photograph of Percy wearing a Boat Club cap and leaning against some racks.

A black and white photograph of a stack of oars inside a boathouse.

A small black and white headshot of Percy Bullock kept inside a small paper bag pasted to the page.

The inside page of a postcard from Bernard Jaffe to Percy praising him on his work with the Jesus College Boat Club. Signed by Bernard Jaffe. The page has fire damage on the edges.

The front cover of a post card with the initials B. W. J, belonging to Bernard Jaffe. The edges of the card contain fire damage.

The front page of a post card addressed to Percy thanking him for his help at Henley. The page has significant damage, making the writing difficult to make out.

A mounted black and white photograph of two crew members, one in a Boat Club blazer, standing inside a boat tent. Possibly taken at Henley.

A black and white photograph of a boat under the Bridge of Sighs in Cambridge.

A colour photograph pasted on to cardboard depicting Percy with a drink in his hand talking to three members of the Boat Club.

Annotation on the back reads:

Transcript

April 1959
with all best wishes for many more years of happy association with the J.C.B.C
From Edward Aspinal

A sepia photograph of Blake sitting in a sculling tub on the Charles river in Boston, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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Blake, the boatman at the Weld boathouse in the tub. He is very interested in English rowing and says that the only way to row is to get in and ' move the boat.' Or other words, he believed in Fairbairnism!

A sepia photograph of the Newell Boathouse on the Charles river in Boston, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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The river with the Newell, or varsity, boat house on the right. As at Oxford, nearly all the eights go out from here. There are no other varsity boat houses except the Weld.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan, a teaching boat, on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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The Leviathan again. This is probably the second day of rowing for these absolute beginners. The work doesn't seem to be too heavy, and I am told that the beginners like it.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan, a teaching boat, with eleven rowing and two coaches on board. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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The "Leviathan" to teach Freshmen to row. It holds sixteen oarsmen, but is surprisingly light. The coach walks up and down the plank in the middle. The coach here (with the cap on) is Bert Haines, who has met Steve.

A sepia photograph of a boat called the Leviathan on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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Another view of the Leviathan in action.

A sepia photograph of Blake, the boatman for The Weld boathouse, sitting in a sculling tub. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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Blake in the sculling - tub.

A sepia photograph of a sculling tub sitting in the water by the wharf. The picture is taken on the Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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The sculling tub. A long wharf is built out into the water from the boathouse, and this is attached to the wharf, pointed in towards the shore. The sculls are cut away in the centre rather too much, I think.

A sepia photograph of The Weld Boathouse at Harvard University on the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Annotation on the back of the photograph reads:

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the Weld boat house. All sculling is done from here. There are frequently twenty or thirty boats to be seen out in front at once, and over a hundred people must scull every day.

A black and white photograph of twelve men posing as a group outside the tents at Henley Regatta. Percy is standing at the back fifth from the left.

A black and white photograph of fourteen men dressed in shirts and ties posing as a group. Percy is second from the right.

A large black and white photograph of seven men in Boat Club caps standing outside the tents at Henley Regatta. Percy is pictured second from the left.

A black and white photograph of three crews sat in boats outside the tents at Henley Regatta.

A black and white photograph of a crew sitting in a boat on the side of the river with spectators on the riverbank.

A black and white photograph of a crew carrying a boat outside the tents at Henley Regatta.

A black and white photograph of a crew in a boat situated in a marina.

A black and white photograph of two men standing outside a tent. One man is wearing a waistcoat and cap and is looking at the camera, the other man is wearing shorts and t-shirt and a sun hat, and is facing side-on to the other man.

A small sepia photograph of four boys, dressed in trousers and jackets, standing shin deep in the river.

A black and white photograph of a crew carrying a boat out of a tent looked on by three other men.

A black and white photograph of two men in Boat Club attire sitting on a bench.

A black and white photograph of a crew sitting in a boat by the side of the river.