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| Title | Pocock Racing Shells factory, Seattle, 1969 |
| Photographer | Hertz, Stuart B.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1969 |
| Caption | George Pocock and his brother Dick came to America after finishing apprenticeships building boats and racing sculls on the River Thames in England. While possessing no education beyond age fourteen, George embraced all aspects of collegiate rowing and was instrumental in the foundation of the University of Washington's early rowing years. Considered a master boat-builder, he implemented design innovations which greatly improved his boats' performance over his competitors. Possessing a deep appreciation for the art and beauty of rowing, he continued boat-building for fifty years, providing shells for most racing colleges in the country and many overseas as well. Pocock Racing Shells continues today and is run by George's son. |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: Scenes in Pocock racing shell (rowing) factory on Northlake Avenue, Seattle, individual at work bench is Pocock, Stan.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): April 17, 1969. |
| Subjects | Racing shells--Washington (State)--Seattle; Laborers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Factories--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Wallingford (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.50662.1 |
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| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 35 mm |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
