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BEST IN CLASS FOR BUILT TO LAST | CHIPPEWA BOOTS
* Circa 1939, Ola, Idaho — Farmers turned Loggers with a load ready to go to their self-help cooperative sawmill, started with a Farm Security Administration loan. * From the desk of Contributing...
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EARL COOPER | AUTO RACING LEGENDS AT THE DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE
* Earl Cooper, auto racer, taken at the auto races at Salem, New Hampshire. Cooper’s last major victory was here at the Rockingham board track speedway. He won that 200-miler with a front-drive Miller...
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GIVE THANKS TO THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US AND GAVE UP MUCH
This Thanksgiving holiday, give thanks for all the blessings bestowed upon us one and all. And please also take time for a special remembrance of the true Americans. The Native Americans who were...
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A LOVE FOR THE OLD WILD WEST | VINTAGE AMERICANA POSTCARDS
– Yes, I have a thing for vintage linen postcards– with old Curt Teich works being at the top of that list. I also love the lore of the American Wild West (the maverick, pioneer spirit lines-up well...
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HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEARS EVE, Y’ALL | PARTY LIKE IT’S CIRCA 1900
– Old School (ca. 1900) party– A cigar smoking man poses with a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of beer. –Image by © DaZo Vintage Stock Photos/Images.com/Corbis – – 1 Times Square, West 43rd Street @...
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A BOXER’S UNFORGIVABLE BRASHNESS | THE CHAMP WHO DARED TO BE BLACK
– Jack Johnson. The American boxing great still awaiting a pardon, on long ago trumped-up charges, that he’s more than due to receive. Obama, for some reason, is dragging his heels– causing many to...
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“FOUR WHEELS MOVE THE BODY — BUT TWO WHEELS MOVE THE SOUL.”
Gilda Texter on a Honda Scrambler in the epic film “Vanishing Point”, 1971. . That’s a woman on that gnarly chopper! . 1982, Sturgis, South Dakota — Hells Angels at Sturgis — Image by ©...
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BANDITS’ ROOST, NYC | AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET
Jacob Riis was born the third of fifteen children on May 3rd, 1849 in Denmark. He was a carpenter by trade when he headed to the United States in 1870. Like a lot of immigrant folks, he was unable to...
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON | AMERICAN IRON, INGENUITY & PERSEVERANCE
The folks at Harley-Davidson were kind enough to invite me down to Milwaukee, WI for a tour of the museum, and their storied archives. This trip had deep, personal significance for me, as I grew up on...
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THE WALL OF DEATH RIDERS PT. II | LION TALES OF FUMES, FURY & FUR
TSY recenty received a scan of this great old Wall of death rider, along with the below note from the sender, Brian in Kansas City, MO. Anyone with knowledge of the rider, and/or this particular Wall...
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THE RACE OF GENTLEMEN, 2015 | THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ALLAN GLANFIELD
The Race of Gentlemen 2015 shined bright in terms of excitement and attendance– even in the shadow of a hurricane threat, and sharing the same weekend with the widely attended Barber Vintage Days...
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