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The original art of each Flashbacks
story is for sale, as well as signed prints ideal for framing.
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February 7, 2010
What follows is a four-part series on the emergence of Black
basketball in Washington under the driving force of Ed Henderson.
Getting in Shape
1. The industrial age led to more
leisure time for the middle class. By the 1880s Americans went
on a physical fitness binge, building recreational centers, playgrounds,
and school gymnasiums. But....
2. African American communities were denied these facilities.
Black leaders expressed their concern..."Without an organized
effort, the physical condition of our young people will lag far
behind the whites...
3. "thus verifying the various myths about black inferiority."
4. A 12-man committee built one of the first African American
sports centers in 1901, the Eureka Aid & Atletic Club in
Savannah, GA.
5. In 1906 several black educators in Washington, DC organized
the all-blackInterscholastic Athletic Association (ISAA).
6. Its leader was a Phys Ed instructor named Edwin Henderson.
"The ISAA promotes the well-being of black students in Baltimore
and Washington.
7. The ISAA sanctioned the first legitimate black high school
football and basketball games and track meets in Washington.
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Hot Potato How Washington
and New York Gave Birth to BLACK BASKETBALL and Changed AMERICA'S
GAME Forever
by Bob Kuska
This book chronicles the many successes and failures of the early
years of black amateur basketball, followed by the emergance
of black college basketball in the U.S., documenting the origins
of the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association which would
become the Big Ten of black collegiate sports. For the first
time the history of black professional basketball is told in
detail with emphasis on the New York Renaissance team.
6" x 9" 240 pages, index, photos, paperbound
#503 Hot Potato $14.95 |
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Dining
on the Go
1. Before the era of air transportation
people traveled long distances on railroads with plush, wide
seats. sleeping berths,and elegant dining cars.
2. Scene of train station.
3. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's premier train, the
"Capitol Limited" offered passengers five-star service
in a fine dining car replete with linen tablecloth, sparkling
crystal, special B&O china, silverware, and a varied menu.
3. Each meal was prepared from scratch in a kitchen that was
16 ft. long and 7½ ft. wide.
The B&O did not make a profit on its dining cars. The railroad
believed that if it provided great dining and top-notch service
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Dining
on the B&O Recipes and Sidelights from a Bygone Age by Thomas J. Greco and Karl D. Spence in Association
with the B&O Railroad Museum
Captivated by he romance of the subject, Greco and Spence combine
many of the B&O's best recipes with historical background
and vintage photos to capture the elegance and charm of the dining
car experience.
9" x 9" 171 pages, index, photos, hardbound
#60 Dining on the B&O $34.95  |
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January 24, 2010
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Extraordinary
Origins of Everyday Things by Charles
Panati
Discover the fascinating
stories of how and why hundreds of the every items, expressions,
and customs we take for granted came into existence, such as
•how chewing gum and Silly Putty began as substitutes for
rubber • how the song "Happy Birthday" began
• the hot dog began as an outlawed Roman sausage •
the origins of Kleenex, Barbie Dolls, the Boy Scouts, Slinky,
Mother Goose, nail polish, safety pins, Tupperware, Valium, doughnuts,
honeymoons, the bikini, Uncle Sam, Vick's VapoRub, the lawn and
lawn mower, brassiere, underwear, toilets and toilet paper, and
much more!
6" x 9" 463 pages, index, illustrations, paperbound
#464 Origins of Everyday Things $15.95
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The story of a neighborhood--BRIGHTWOOD
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A Cartoon
of the District of Columbia–Flashbacks
Volume One Patrick M. Reynolds brings history to life with a sense of humor.
His exciting drawings put you on the scene with the conflicts,
madness, wheeling and dealing that resulted in the location and
construction of the U.S. capital. 11¾"
x 7½" 106 pages, full color illustrations, index,
paperbound
ISBN 0-932514-31-6
#F1 Cartoon History of DC $14.95
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DC Neighborhoods
Flashbacks Volume 2 Artist-writer P. M. Reynolds takes you to
the Washington that tourists seldom see. The capital expanded
with the growth of public transportation into such areas as Shepard
Park, Takoma Park, Chevy Chase, Kalorama, Dupont Circle, Adams
Morgan, Capital Hill, LeDroit Park, Tenleytown, Brookland, etc.
11¾" x 7½"
106 pages, full color illustrations, index, paperbound
ISBN 0-932514-33
#F2 Cartoon History of DC $14.95
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Previous weeks' stories and references:
Animals...Atomic
Bomb....Arlington
National Cemetery...Aviation
History....Black History....National
Archives...Children...Constitution-How & Why
we got it...Civil War... Autocamping...American
Presidency...Auto Racing...Baseball History...the
Bible & the Presidency...Blizzard
of 1888...Bubble Houses...Chinese...Combat
Artists...The CCCs Civilian Conservation
Corps...Declaration of Independence...DC Neighborhoods...The
Ghost Army of WWII... Artists
in War The Limb Maker...Duke Ellington...Ferries
Across the Chessie .. Food
History,,, HOLIDAYS...German
Americans...Italian Americans...The Italian Crisis...Ninian Beall
Sequence.....UFOs Over Washington...
Culpeper of Virginia...The Spanish Flu Epidemic
of 1918...Indians of
the Eastern Shore of MD & VA...
Pirates on the Chesapeake...Chesapeake Beach...Quiltmaking...Chesapeake Bay Stories...Ghost stories... Maryland
History...Movie History
...Music History...Naval History (Seebees, Armed Guard,
etc)...Rock
& Roll History...Hoover
Airport....Robert Smalls....Slavery...Swampoodle...Sports...Origins of Words &
Phrases...Inventions...Railroads...Treaty
of Paris...Virginia
History...Washington,
DC History...Nazis in America...Wilkes Expedition...Stamps...Women...Girl
Scouts...V-Mail...Word
Origins
e-mail:
pat@redrosestudio.com
Link:
URL: http://www.artlinkslist.com/
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