by Doug Nichols | Jun 1, 2020 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
One of my favorite subjects to write about is the famous foilist and Olympic champion, Helene Mayer. There are numerous photographs of her in the Archive collection and since she was based in California for many of her competitive years, her story fits my focus. ...
by Doug Nichols | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches F - J, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Funke, Erich, Halberstadt, Hans, Mayer, Helene |
After spending the better part of this week running down stories that haven’t yet fully revealed themselves, I thought I’d revisit one of my many favorite subjects: Helene Mayer. There are a lot of photographs of Ms. Mayer out there, but several of the...
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 | Sep 30, 2019 | Baker, Jack, Biagini, Gerard, Blog Post, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, D'Asaro, Michael, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Fencers P - T, Halberstadt, Hans, Lane, Arthur, Mayer, Helene, McDougall, John, Mitchell, Maxine, Moore-Selberg, Julie, Nadi, Aldo, Nottingham, Jack, Okawa, Heziburo, Piller, George, Selberg, Charles, Shurtz, Skip |
In the woods of Southern Oregon off a dirt road and across a valley from the winding I-5 was a fencing salle d’armes built by Charlie Selberg in an old barn. It was stuffed to the rafters with fencing memorabilia dating back decades. I fenced there a couple of...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Boyd, Andrew, Coaches, Coaches A - E, Coaches F - J, Coaches K - O, Coaches P - T, Coaches U - Z, Duff, John, Faulkner, Ralph, Fencers, Fencers A - E, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene, Mori, Torao, Nadi, Aldo, Piller, George, Uyttenhove, Henri |
When I have the opportunity to visit someone who has fencing memorabilia that I can scan for my collection, I often don’t get a chance to thoroughly take in the significance of everything I’m working with. I work fast, replacing one item from the flatbed...
by Doug Nichols | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog Post, Fencers, Fencers K - O, Mayer, Helene |
It’s a struggle to not take cheap shots at the drawings in old fencing books, at least for me. Sometimes though, the artist’s interpretation of the message the author is trying to convey is just too good to forego a bit of a laugh. Take the above photo,...
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