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Evelyn Wright-Crawford articles

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Newspaper clipping PDFs compiled by Mark Wharton Reid, Chicago Yacht Club historian.
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Chicago Yacht Club letter, July 15, 1905 outlining Chicago to Mackinac race conditions and directions 1905, source unknown Chicago_Tribune_1905_08_06_2.pdf Chicago_Tribune_1905_08_20_12.pdf Chicago_Tribune_1905_08_14_8.pdf Chicago_Tribune_1905_08_01_8.pdf The_Inter_Ocean_1905_07_30_Page_11.pdf The_Inter_Ocean_1905_08_06_Page_11.pdf The_Inter_Ocean_1905_10_27_Page_1.pdf 1905, source unknown source unknown source unknown Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct 1905 account of Wright-Crawford wedding, entire front page Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct 1905 account of Wright-Crawford wedding Chicago_Tribune_1917_05_10_15 (3).pdf Chicago_Tribune_1917_01_21_9.pdf Chicago_Tribune_1916_11_10_13.pdf The_Sun_1976_05_31_10.pdf

2024.29.01

Evelyn Wright-Crawford who, along with her cousin Sara Cary [or Carey], double-hand sailed her 32-foot sloop "Lady Eileen" in the Chicago Yacht Club’s 1905 Chicago to Mackinac race. She was a founder of the Saugatuck Yacht Club and spouse of Andrew Hay Crawford of the Crawford Transportation Company, that from 1909 to 1913 made daily trips from Chicago with the H. W. Williams (later the Tennessee) and other steamships. The ships usually docked at the Big Pavilion.

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Crawford Transportation CompanyCrawford, Andrew 1831-1900Crawford, Evelyn (Wright) 1877-1966Crawford, George Robert "Bob" 1913-1999Saugatuck Yacht Club

https://printcenter.org/100/1925/10/19/mrs-andrew-wright-crawford-first-director/

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