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June 1914. "Wisconsin varsity crew on the Hudson." Souvenir from the heyday of the Poughkeepsie Regatta. Bain News Service glass negative. View full size.
Turn it into ridiculous-looking headgear.
The trunks of that era were oddly revealing. Also, a couple of those guys look ready to rip out your heart and stomp on it.
An intimidating group of fellows as I've ever seen. Second from the left, scary!!
A plethora of pointers? An understatement of underwear? A barrage of bulges?
This must have been before the invention of the elastic "Jock Strap" that we were supposed to wear under our Speedos.
I looks like there are several coxswains in this lineup.
... the origins of boxer-brief underwear.
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