![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
![The Negro in Sports. [Revised Edition]. Edwin Bancroft Henderson](/pictures/thumb/3729343.jpg?v=1593543972)
Survey of African American athletes in the sports of boxing, track and field, football, basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, etc. Includes chapters on “Negro Girls in..... Read More about The Negro in Sports. [Revised Edition
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...
![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...
![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
Written by a Black American, an extensive treatment of the history of male African Americans playing baseball, football, running and so forth, whether in All-Black..... Read More about Black College Sport
In this boxing rematch, Georgian-native Sugar Ray Robinson defeated England’s Randy Turpin a.k.a. “The Leamington Licker” on September 12, 1951 at the Polo Grounds in..... Read More about The Supreme Fight Sensation of All Time! Sugar Ray Robinson vs Randolph Turpin… [opening lines...
![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
Illustrated program for the 1953–1954 season of the Harlem Globetrotters, an all-Black traveling basketball team known for their athleticism and comedic style of play. Well-illustrated..... Read More about 27th Season Official Souvenir Program, Abe Saperstein’s fabulous Harlem Globetrotters
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...
![Five Photographs Showing Women Rifle Shooting and Camping in the Country]. Unkwn](/pictures/thumb/3729201_1.jpg?v=1581355750)
Silver process photographs showing a group of women in a rural setting enjoying camping and firearms. Three images show women rifle shooting or proudly posing..... Read More about Five Photographs Showing Women Rifle Shooting and Camping in the Country
