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This photo shows the SPS Flagpole ceremony from over 100 years ago, circa 1917. The Shattuck flag can be seen at the top of the pole, and crew members hold their oars upright. Read more about it here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/4212

Dorm life in the 1870s at SPS - the dorm room of Robert Latimer McCook who was a student at St. Paul’s from 1877 to 1881 and is a member of the Form of 1881. Read more about this photograph here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7897

This photograph shows the Drumm Cottage from the front. It was built in 1894 and belonged to Rev. T. J. Drumm. It was given to School in 1911 and used as faculty housing. Read more about it here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7864

This photo shows Conover House, also knows as School Cottage No. 1, located on Jerome Ridge. The man on the porch holding the white dog is identified as Dr. James Milnor Coit, Form of 1860 and faculty member from 1877-1906. Dr. Coit was the younger brother of the First and Second Rectors, Henry Augustus Coit and Joseph Howland Coit.

Read more about this photo here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7841

An undated photographic post card showing the Halcyon Barge full of crew team members preparing to make the trip to Long Pond. Read more about this photo here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7333

The Second Shattuck Crew of 1881 - read more about this photos here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/5423

An undated photograph of the dining room located in the School, built in 1880 and torn down in 1929. The School was located in the center of the SPS grounds near the present day Schoolhouse. Read more about this photo here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7281

Dr. George Cheyne Shattuck, Jr. - founder of St. Paul's School. You can read more about him here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/232

The Grace Darling is an omnibus wagon that was built by the Concord Carriage Company in 1880. In 1925 it was donated to SPS & used to transport crew teams to and from Long Pond. In 1952 it was donated to the Museum at Stony Brook & was completely conserved. Read more about it here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7352

Five horse-drawn wagons are shown ready to transport crew teams to Long Pond. In the background from left to right are the Big Study, the Cloister connecting the Big Study to the New Chapel (The Chapel of St. Peter and St. Paul), and the Lower School. You can read more about this photo here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7330

This early photograph of the St. Paul’s School grounds was taken some time before July 21, 1878, when fire destroyed the original School shown in the center left of the image. The rectory is in the center right of the photograph. Read more details about this photo here: http://www.ohrstromblog.com/spsarchives/archives/7294

Hockey rinks on Lower School Pond, 1911. In the background from left to right are the following buildings: The Big Study, the Old Gymnasium, the Lower School.