1930s – Page 3 – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Posted in Football Friday, Sports

Vintage College Football Sheet Music (1890s – 1930s)

Chris Holmes
posted on September 14, 2012July 29, 2013
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Here's a neat gallery of sheet music covers from the 1890s through 1930, featuring college football teams and

"Football Kick" by Harold E. Edgerton, 1938

Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday

Vintage Photo Wednesday: A Pair of Football Kicks

Chris Holmes
posted on September 12, 2012March 11, 2013
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Here's a pair of outstanding vintage photographs by Harold E. Edgerton, available in black & white or color depending upon your

Posted in Vintage Photo Wednesday

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 7 — Early 20th Century Cars

Chris Holmes
posted on August 8, 2012March 11, 2013
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A collection of vintage cars from the first few decades of the 20th century, including Stanley, Chalmers, Buick, and

Posted in History, Photography

Can You Name This Car?

Can you identify the car in this photo? It sure looks like a mid-1930s Chevy to

The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame (1924): Jim Crowley, and Elmer Layden, Don Miller, and Harry Stuhldreher

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Football Friday — Olde Tyme Football Photos

Chris Holmes
posted on October 21, 2011October 7, 2012
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A gallery of vintage college and NFL football photographs from the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, and

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Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot

Chris Holmes
posted on September 8, 2011May 17, 2013
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Long before robots became a staple of pop culture, Elektro the Westinghouse Robot made his debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Here's his

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Sunday Jazz: Happy birthday Lester Young

Chris Holmes
posted on August 28, 2011May 17, 2013
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To celebrate the 102nd birthday of jazz legend Lester "Prez" Young, Sunday Jazz offers two songs from two different periods of Young's

Winter Sports Festival in Iowa City and Sioux City, Iowa (artist unknown, 1940)

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The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 2

Chris Holmes
posted on January 7, 2011January 12, 2011
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We thumb through the Library of Congress's "1930s-40s in Color" set on Flickr for a second time, and find some more cool slices of life in America of

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

Vintage College Football Sheet Music (1890s – 1930s)

Vintage Photo Wednesday: A Pair of Football Kicks

Vintage Photo Wednesday, Vol. 7 — Early 20th Century Cars

Can You Name This Car?

Football Friday — Olde Tyme Football Photos

Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot

Sunday Jazz: Happy birthday Lester Young

More Posters of the WPA (Works Progress Administration)

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 2

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