by Doug Nichols | Mar 2, 2021 | Baker, Jack, Blog Post, Brownlee, Laurance, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Piller, George |
Some interesting pieces of memorabilia got floated in front of me and I had to scramble to collect all the loose change under the floor mats in my car and count out pennies from the change jar, but I couldn’t resist making a deal for them. Many thanks go to...
by Doug Nichols | Jun 29, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Piller, George |
The above picture has been assumed to be Hans Halberstadt for a very long time. I thought so myself, even after scanning it (thanks Kathy Krusen!) at high resolution and having every opportunity to review it with a critical eye. If you’ve ever been inside the...
by Doug Nichols | Mar 30, 2020 | Blog Post, Borack, Carl, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Richards, Ed |
Ebay can be tricky to navigate. Not in a general sense. However, sometimes real gems can be found that are hidden between the lines when sellers don’t have a clue about what they’re selling. Case in point; today’s subject. I was able to purchase...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles, Uyttenhove, Henri, Visconti, Edward |
A recent gift to the Archive has me dumbfounded. It’s existence was something I had speculated about in a vague way, but never dreamed of finding proof for. Much less, having the proof come directly to me as a donation to the Archive. Yet here we are. Tucked...
by Doug Nichols | Feb 17, 2020 | Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Magay, Daniel, McDougall, John, Northern California, Piller, George, Schools/Clubs, Snyder, Al, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Uyttenhove, Henri, Zold, Ferenc |
At some point I will outgrown my available storage. It’s not in any way imminent, but down the road it will be something to deal with. Storage space wasn’t a consideration when I began to purchase relatively low cost university annuals on Ebay. Now that...
by Doug Nichols | Dec 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Bower, Muriel, Bradford, Vinnie, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Craus, Polly, De Jong, Duris, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Jan York, Marki, Ferenc, Mitchell, Maxine, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Romary, Uyttenhove, Henri, Vince, Joseph |
Driving around Southern California may not seem like much of a Holiday, especially when traveling alone, but a recent weekend outmatched all my expectations. The plan was to make four different stops in hopes of collecting fencing history. All four planned stops...
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