by Doug Nichols | Jul 2, 2020 | Artifact |
Plaque for the Selberg Fencing Academy. After graduating from San Francisco State College in 1960, Charles Selberg began his teaching career just a bit to the south of San Francisco at a Redwood City public school. He also taught fencing for his friend John...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 25, 2020 | Artifact |
Gold medal, US Women’s Foil National Championship, 1974. Won by 19 year old Gay Jacobsen, representing the Halberstadt Fencers Club.
by Doug Nichols | Jun 18, 2020 | Artifact |
1978 US National Championship Women’s Foil trophy sword. Presented to the winner, Gay D’Asaro. I don’t know if the Aldo Nadi Memorial was a commonly used name for the US women’s foil title or if this was unique to 1978. The overall length if...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 11, 2020 | Artifact |
Fran Carter’s 4th Place medal, 1956 Helene Mayer. Fran’s married name in 1956 was Matthies. Mounted on a felted cardboard backing. The three who finished ahead of Fran at the 3rd running of the Helene Mayer Memorial Women’s Foil were Janice Lee...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 4, 2020 | Artifact |
Another from the Archive’s collection of Ralph Faulkner medals. This 1930 Open Foils gold medal with engraving on the back is one of over a dozen Faulkner medals found by pure luck on Ebay. It’s thought to have been part of a smash-and-grab theft that...
by Doug Nichols | May 28, 2020 | Artifact |
A pin-backed badge from the 1975 Pan American Games. This was a donation to the Archive from attendee Gay (then) D’Asaro, who won her first of two US National Women’s Foil titles in 1974. Held in Mexico City, the US women’s Pan Am team consisted of...
