The Harvard-Yale Regatta

Spectators fill a boat on the Thames River

The boat landing at the railroad station, 1915

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the regatta in 1935

Information about the Roosevelt photo written on the back

Boat race day (from the Harold J. Cone Collection)

Information written on the back of Boat race day photograph

The Harvard-Yale Regatta has been held on the Thames River in New London since 1878. The yearly event once attracted thousands of spectators. Click here for more information about the history of the Regatta.

Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Taft at the regatta in 1908, shortly before he became President.