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July 31. The Shadow appears as radio mystery, pulp fiction of the air in 1930.
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July 31, 1930. The Shadow appears as radio mystery, pulp fiction of the air. Lurid magazine, entitled True Detective, features a shadowy cover on the February, 1949 issue.
Rafael Almeida Cuban Cigarette Card
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Tobacco card 1908
Auto Club in Lilloett
Real photo postcard 1920
July 29. First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1948.
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July 29, 1948. First Olympic Games played since Germany in 1936. In the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owen humiliated Adolf Hitler, who brought a temporary halt to the Games.
Chief Meyers Pre-Game
News photograph 1910
July 28. Bullet Rogan is born in 1893.
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July 28, 1893. Bullet Rogan is born. Photo of Rogan from a panoramic shot when he pitched for the Kansas City Monarchs.
July 28. 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified in 1868.
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July 28, 1868. Fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified to guarantee legal and voting rights to all citizens. Cartoon from the magazine Punchinello with a black baseball theme…
14th Amendment Baseball Cartoon
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Punchinello magazine cartoon 1870
July 27. Joe Tinker is born in 1880.
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July 27, 1880. Joe Tinker is born. Photo of Tinker with the Cubs at home in 1911.
Transatlantic Cable Music
Sheet music illustration 1866.
July 26. General George McClellan takes command of Union Army in 1861.
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July 26, 1861. General George McClellan takes command of Union Army. Cigar box label from Havana, Cuba featuring a full figure portrait of Gen. McClellan and his horse, c.1862.
Hoyt Wilhelm Knuckleball Grip
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News photograph 1960
July 25. Whitey Lockman is born in 1926.
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July 25, 1926. Whitey Lockman is born. Whitey Lockman swings a bat for the New York Giants in 1957.
July 24. Tommy McCarthy is born in 1863.
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July 24, 1863. Tommy McCarthy is born. McCarty in a Goodwin & Co photograph from 1888.
July 24. Brigham Young leads Mormons into Salt Lake Valley in 1847.
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July 24, 1847. Brigham Young leads Mormons into Salt Lake Valley. Collage of Brigham Young and some of his innumerable wives, on an anti-Mormon postcard from circa 1910.
July 23. Pee Wee Reese is born in 1918.
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July 23, 1918. Pee Wee Reese is born. Reese is the cover boy with his friend Jackie Robinson on Sports Stars magazine from 1952.
July 22. Jesse Haines is born in 1893.
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July 22, 1893. Jesse Haines is born. Photograph of Haines warming up before a game with the Cardinals.
July 22. John Dillinger shot by FBI agents in Chicago in 1934.
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July 22, 1934. ‘Public Enemy Number One’John Dillinger is shot by FBI agents in Chicago. John Dillinger’s body is on display in Chicago for the morbid and curious of the…
July 21. Johnny Evers is born in 1881.
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July 21, 1881. Johnny Evers is born. Evers is photographed with two local boys at home in South Troy, New York, after the 1914 World Series victory with the Boston…
July 20. Heinie Manush is born in 1901.
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July 20, 1901. Heinie Manush is born. Photo of Manush in Griffith Stadium, while with the Washington Senators.
July 20. Confederation of Canada welcomes British Columbia into the fold in 1871.
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July 20,1871. Confederation of Canada welcomes British Columbia into the fold. Western Canada, including British Columbia, is promoted in this government magazine called ‘Canada West – The New Homeland.’
Suffragette Postcard (sexist)
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Postcard 1910.
July 19. Phil Cavaretta is born in 1916.
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July 19, 1916. Phil Cavaretta is born. Photo of Cavaretta with the Chicago Cubs taking a batting pose.
Adolf Hitler History Revealed 1945 (racist)
Magazine Cover • 8″ x 10″ • 1945
July 18. Harry Davis is born in 1873.
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July 18, 1873. Harry Davis is born. Portrait of Harry Davis with the Philadelphia Athletics, taken in 1917.
Toni Stone Program Cover
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Scorecard / Program 1949
Joe DiMaggio’s Hitting Streak Reaches 56
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News photograph 1941
July 16. Haile Selassie of Ethopia signs first constitution into law in 1931.
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July 16, 1931. Haile Selassie of Ethopia signs first constitution into law. New photo shows New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel welcoming Haile Selassie to the United States on a visit…
Joe Jackson Game Car
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Baseball game card 1911
July 15. During Reconstruction Georgia is last Confederate State to be readmitted to the U.S. Union in 1870.
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July 15, 1870. During Reconstruction Georgia is last Confederate State to be readmitted to the U.S. Union. Sheet music illustrating the divergent forms of Reconstuction in post-Civil War America, from 1868.
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