Electric boats on Buffalo Bayou carrying the HY&PBC burgee

Subject: 
Houston Yacht Club
Geographic Area: 
Houston, Texas
Date: 
1905
Archives: 
Houston Yacht Club via Rice University
Archives email contact: 
woodson@rice.edu
Description: 

The boats in this picture were reflective of the evolution in approach undertaken by HY&PBC (Houston Yacht & Power Boat Club), which soon changed its name to the Houston Yacht Club. The boats in this picture were electric boats built by Elco.