African American women train as hairdressers and beauticians in a beauty course offered by the YWCA in Harlem, New York. The woman writes about the beauty course offered by the YWCA and how the “Beauty culture is a well paying field because good grooming is important”. African American women learn to cut hair during a practical training inside a simulation salon. An African American woman paints the nails of another woman during a manicure. A woman waxes and neatens the eyebrows of a black woman.
Boat racing in the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. Participants carry their racing shells to the Thames River and prepare for the race. The first Crew members wear no distinguishing clothing. However, the next scene with crew carrying their boat to the water shows them shirts displaying H (for Harvard). Several sequences of boats being rowed. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
The Harvard and Yale Regatta, in which rowing crews from the two schools compete in an annual race. The Harvard crew is seen removing their oars and lifting their racing shell over their heads to carry it into the boat house, from the Thames River, in New London, Connecticut. In a separate sequence, two racing shells start to race and are followed by a group of official and sightseer boats. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
Harvard and Yale boat race on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. View from railroad bridge crossing the Thames, as one racing shell takes the lead in one of the rowing boat races conducted annually between Harvard and Yale crews. Several steam-driven boats follow the rowers. One long row boat carries a number of women spectators. A huge crowd standing along the river bank cheers. Crews carry their racing shells from the river after the contests. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
Launching of USS Challenge and SS Red Jacket at a shipbuilding yard in Kearny, New Jersey. A huge crowd gathered at the launch. U.S. sailors aboard the ship. The American flag flutters from a pole on the bow of USS Challenge and SS (Steam Ship) Red Jacket. Mrs. Moran smashes a bottle of champagne on the bow of SS Red Jacket. Both the ships depart from the dockyard. A board reads the keel laying and the launching schedule.
The National Marble Championship in Wildwood, New Jersey. Bill Kloss wins the championship. Boys participate in marble shooting contest. Children watch and cheer during the championship. Judges seated at a desk watch carefully. Bill Kloss seated in a chair with a crown on his head.
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