Cy Young by Pifer and Becker 1893 Cincy_Bengals 78312 Swimming Device by a

78312 Swimming Device by a Biedermann J Howald February 21 1950 — Howald's apparatus belongs to that mid-century moment when the backyard pool was becoming an American fixture and inventors raced to teach the country how to float

The line drawing maps a padded shell across the palm and knuckles

A mid-century prospect of Manhattan rendered just before the storm — the harbor crowded with packet ships and the gridded streets advancing northward

the kind of commemorative print Victorian-American parlors hung beside Longfellow

Cy Young by Pifer and Becker 1893 Cincy_Bengals 78312 Swimming Device by aCy Young by Pifer and Becker 1893 a Pifer and Becker studio portrait from the Cleveland Spiders years, when Young was still a farm strong rookie with a fastball that splintered backstops and a windup the cabinet photographers hadn't yet learned how to pose. The albumen catches him before the 511 wins, before the trophy bore his name, just a young right hander squared to the lens. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American