![Fall Classic Altoona Speedway. National 250-Mile Championship. [cover title]. Altoona Speedway](/pictures/thumb/3729073_1.jpg?v=1576019300)
Illustrated program for the second annual Fall Classic, a national 250-mile championship automobile race held at Altoona Speedway in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, a 1¼-mile “board track,”..... Read More about Fall Classic Altoona Speedway. National 250-Mile Championship. [cover title
![Joe Louis, Man and Super-Fighter. [Signed by Joe Louis]. Edward Van Every](/pictures/thumb/3729015_1.jpg?v=1574292617)
One of the earliest published biographies of professional boxer Joe Louis (1914–1981), this copy being signed by Louis in the year of its publication. The..... Read More about Joe Louis, Man and Super-Fighter. [Signed by Joe Louis
Two humorously illustrated letters sent to a schoolgirl in Pennsylvania from a young married couple in Salem, Oregon, Frank L. Willman, Sr. and Etta Willman..... Read More about 1892 and 1893, Two Humorously Illustrated Letters by Frank and Etta Willman of Salem, Oregon, One...
Official program for the “Habana-Madrid” frontón or jai-alai venue in Havana, Cuba. The Basque/Spanish sport of jai-alai, played extremely fast with a small ball, was..... Read More about Habana - Madrid Fronton. Spanish National Ball Game (Jai Alai) ... Season 1929 - 1930. Official...
Description and guide to the Basque/Spanish sport of jai-alai—the “World’s Fastest Sport.” The pamphlet explains in detail the rules of the game and its unique..... Read More about Jai-Alai World’s Fastest Sport…Every Night at 8:30 “Habana-Madrid” Fronton. [cover title
Official football game program for Harvard-Princeton match of 1924, the 27th meeting of the two rivals. The game was played at Soldiers Field in the..... Read More about Official Score Card, Irwin Score Board, Princeton vs. Harvard. Soldiers Field. Saturday November...
Scarce to commerce, a questionable history of bison in Pennsylvania; those who hunted and killed them, those who hunted buffalo in the American West. The..... Read More about A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt Being the Results of an Investigation into the Causes and Period of the...
The story of how this talented black American broke the color barrier to become an American baseball great. With a foreword by then-baseball commissioner Branch..... Read More about Jackie Robinson. My Own Story
![Kid Chocolate. Undefeated Featherweight Champion… [caption title]. “Kid Chocolate”,...](/pictures/thumb/3728532_1.jpg?v=1554304015)
Publicity photograph of Afro-Cuban boxer Eligio Sardiñas-Montalvo (1910–1988) who fought under the nickname“ Kid Chocolate.” In 1931, Sardiñas became the first Cuban world boxing champion..... Read More about Kid Chocolate. Undefeated Featherweight Champion… [caption title
Small archive of correspondence, financial documents, and papers kept by the Lancaster Bicycle Club of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. All dating from 1889, the collection covers such..... Read More about 1889 Lancaster Bicycle Club of Pennsylvania, Small Archive of Printed Matter, Correspondence,...
![HBCU Football] Souvenir Program Sat., Nov. 16, 1946 ... Lincoln University vs. Wilberforce...](/pictures/thumb/3729009_1.jpg?v=1574292616)
Just post-war and scarce, a football program for a game between two HBCUs, Lincoln University in Pennsylvania and Wilberforce University of Ohio. The gridiron match..... Read More about HBCU Football] Souvenir Program Sat., Nov. 16, 1946 ... Lincoln University vs. Wilberforce...
![Are Negros Banned from Racing? [within:] Turf Confidential. Mark Millerick](/pictures/thumb/3728428_1.jpg?v=1551119225)
Sensationally-titled, five-page lead article lead article in a popular inside-horse-racing magazine. Progressive, the author notes that there are black “hotwalkers, grooms and exercise boys” but..... Read More about Are Negros Banned from Racing? [within:] Turf Confidential
![The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme. Merchant Navy Day Appeal Committee](/pictures/thumb/3724997_1.jpg?v=1562796869)
Colorful, illustrated World War II program for a U. S. Army demonstration game of American-rules football, played “Somewhere in Australia.” The game was played between..... Read More about The Texas Terrors:] American Football ... Souvenir Programme
![Rockingham Speedway. Souvenir Program, A.A.A. 250-Mile Autumn Classic. [cover title]. Rockingham...](/pictures/thumb/3729074_1.jpg?v=1576019302)
Illustrated program for the Autumn Classic, a nationally sanctioned 250-mile championship automobile race held at Rockingham Speedway in Salem, New Hampshire, a 1¼-mile “board track,”..... Read More about Rockingham Speedway. Souvenir Program, A.A.A. 250-Mile Autumn Classic. [cover title
![1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu]. The Copley-Plaza, Hotel](/pictures/thumb/3727774_1.jpg?v=1542668615)
In outstanding condition, football-shaped program and menu issued for the Harvard-Princeton football game dinner held at Boston’s Copley-Plaza hotel on November 8, 1924. The dinner..... Read More about 1924 Harvard-Princeton Football-Shaped Dinner Program and Menu
A 1940s edition of a pamphlet first appearing in the late 19th century. As the title suggests, the majority of the text is devoted to..... Read More about The Complete Instructor in Boxing, Swimming, Gymnastics, Pedestrianism, Horse Racing, Prize...
An engaging and unusual nineteenth century American broadside which advertises the raffling of “Billy Wise” a trotter horse at a parlor billiard hall. Ornamental borders..... Read More about Raffle for the Young Trotting Horse “Billy Wise” at the Parlor Billiard Hall [Opening lines...
![American Football:] Yale vs. Princeton, Saturday November 12, 1932 [seating ticket]. Yale, Princeton](/pictures/thumb/3726751_1.jpg?v=1534362464)
The Yale/Princeton football rivalry goes as far back as the 1870s. Here, in 1932, the two Ivy League school football teams battled it out to..... Read More about American Football:] Yale vs. Princeton, Saturday November 12, 1932 [seating ticket
