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Mark R. Stoneman

Historian, editor, and translator for hire (German to English). Longtime resident of Washington, DC, now in Conway, NH, as a caregiver (he/him).

  Recreation

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    The rivers are full to bursting with melted snow and ice where I live, but there’s still snow, especially at higher elevations, and I felt like sharing something fun.

    Postcard: Color drawing of a woman on her belly on a sled headed downhill. Nearby are three women and two men seated on a long toboggan with a steering wheel headed downhill. They are all in fashionable woolens and sweaters, two with fur coats, etc. In the background are skiers, one fallen down, some horse drawn sleighs, and so on.

    Postcard by Xavier Sander. Publisher: B.M., Paris. Early 20th century. Repository: John L. Monroe Collection, The Newberry Library, NL1267WV.

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    Illustration shows a woman diving into the warm waters of Florida after shedding the furs and heavy clothing of winter. Also shows in the background girls flying like birds from cold climates to the tropical warmth of Florida.

    “From Maine to Florida. The Annual Migration of the Bathing-Girl.” By Gordon Ross for Puck, January 11, 1911. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011648855/.

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    At least nine kids are visible on the ice, one having fallen and holding the leg of another. The kids most clearly visible are boys. Leafless trees surround the pond, and some buildings are visible.

    Color photo by Jack Delano of kids skating and playing hockey on a pond in the vicinity of Brockton, Massachusetts, in December 1940.

    Source: Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017877371/.

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    Large building with a circular tower on top of it and a Goodyear blimp flying over it. The awning over the front is topped with big, stylized letters that read 'AIR SHOW'. There are people milling about. The vibe is modern, almost futuristic, the style is art deco. The caption on front reads, 'Air show pavilion---The epic of human flight shown within, in graphic sequence. Without,---a mighty searchlight's beam directs the way to the fair. A Century of Progress---Chicago's 1933 World's Fair.'

    I love the art deco lettering on this modernist “Air Show” building from the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, “A Century of Progress.”

    Source: The Newberry Library Digital Collections, Modern MS Monroe Exposition vol. 28 no. 37.

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    Black and white photo of eight sled dogs pulling a man in a race, Mt. Chocorua in the background.

    Sled dog race in Tamworth, New Hampshire, on February 28, 1990 with Mt. Chocorua in the background. Source: Bruce Bedford Archive.

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    Black-and-white photograph with parts of two train carriages visible, Pullman sleeping cars. Snow-covered mountains in background, piles of snow in foreground. People from urban areas further south, presumably Boston, are gathering outside in their winter coats. Some suitcases and skies are present.

    “Skiers arriving early in the morning with the weekend ‘ski-meister.’ North Conway, New Hampshire, center of the Eastern Slopes ski territory,” 1940, by Marion Post Walcott.

    Source: Farm Security Administration Photographs, New York Public Library Digital Collections, image ID 58859979.

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    Blue, light blue, red, black, and white poster with stylized text and three stylized ice skaters in the center

    Iowa Art Project WPA poster for a Winter Sports Festival on Jan. 20, 1940, in Hubbard Park [Des Moines] and on Jan. 21 at Gilman Terrace [Sioux City], sponsored by the Jr. Chamber of Commerce and the Recreation Department. Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/89715174/.