Group portrait of five men, wearing shorts and sleeveless shirts. Handwritten on front: "Excelsior Boat Club, champion six, season of 1878-79; M. C. Strong, 3., J. N. Ostrom, stroke, F. D. Standish, bow, W. G. Goldsmith, 4., F. S. Campbell, 5., Ed. Telfer, 2." Uniforms are painted blue in photograph.