The Fredonia Normals, 1929

While the passing of Title IX in 1972 may have guaranteed women’s athletics as part of equality in education, women’s athletics certainly did not begin there.

This image of the 1929 women’s basketball squad is just a part of the rich athletic experience and tradition at Fredonia. Do you see the “N” on their jerseys? Fredonia teams were known as the “Normals;” the Blue Devils didn’t become official until 1952.

Below is the colorized version:

Black and White Photos of East End of London in the 1960s

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24 Amazing Black and White Photos Capture Daily Life in Shanghai During the First Half of the 20th Century

The development of “Modern Shanghai” started at the beginning of the 20th century. Municipal government and public facilities brought by international settlements; telegrams, telephones, and movies, balls, and other Western lifestyles brought by technological development; these factors collectively created a unique city: Shanghai. Photo is of 1902, of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps proceeding along Nanjing Road, participating in a parade. The Shanghai Volunteer Corps were established in 1853, with the purpose of protecting foreigners against the chaos of war. (Photo source: Shanghai: 1842-2010, Portrait of a Great City Post Wave Publishing)

Photo is of 1906, Shanghai’s business street. At the time, Shanghai had already become the most bustling city in China’s East and even the entire country, with flourishing commerce. Getty/UIG

Due to the needs of trade communications and the development of telegraph technology, Shanghai’s banking business developed quickly, already becoming one of the Far East’s financial hubs by the start of the 20th century. Photo is of 1913, inside the International Savings Society on Shanghai’s Avenue Edward (today’s Yan’an East Road). The International Savings Society was established by the French in October 1912, where it operated until 1937 when it was outlawed by the Nationalist government. (Photo source: Shanghai: 1842-2010, Portrait of a Great City Post Wave Publishing)

Apart from feelings of unfairness brought by the foreign concessions, Shanghai locals also accepted the dividends brought by the foreign concessions. It became China’s fastest developing city at the beginning of the 20th century, escaping the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and Boxers catastrophes, the people here also being the very first to experience a true modern city, experience the media, advertisements, films, high-level education, etc. Photo is of Shanghai in the early 20th century, near the Hongkou market, where everyday were many local fishermen, peasant farmers, and butchers came to sell their goods. Corbis

1907, workers for The Shanghai Electric Construction Co. Ltd. on Nanjing Road laying streetcar trolley rails. This was Shanghai’s first railed streetcar line, that ran mostly along the business street, from Jingan Temple to the Shanghai Club Building, a total of 6.04 kilometers, its main stop located at the Shanghai Club Building. (Photo source: Shanghai: 1842-2010, Portrait of a Great City Post Wave Publishing)

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Old Photos of Ostend, Belgium in May 1940

Postcards of images taken by Ostend’s great local photographer, Maurice Antony (1885-1963) of the destruction caused by the early air-raids in May 1940.

Interesting Vintage Photos Show Women Doing Exercise in the 1920s

The early 1900s saw a great deal of stretching as the exercise of choice, which eventually made its way into machinery. Stationary bikes, rowing machines, and the Vibro-Slim, a vibrating belt that massaged the body, were popular methods of exercise. While a machine that requires no effort but standing in place while it goes to work sounds equal parts amazing and completely nonsensical, what was more alarming was the 1920s woman's idea of activewear: dresses, high heels, and pearls.

circa 1920:  A woman exercising in a gym on a rowing machine in rather unpractical shoes.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mae West (1893-1980), US actress, wearing a black swimsuit, lifting dumbbells during an exercise workout, circa 1920. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

23rd March 1921:  A woman using a stationary cycle.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A woman out for her morning run on the latest British invention for home exercise, London, England, January 4, 1923. (Photo by Underwood Archives/Getty Images)

Two women riding a mechanical horse; a means of keeping in perfect trim.   (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Color Photos of Daily Life in China in the 1970s

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Old Photos of U.S Presidential Phone Calls

Here is an interesting collection of old photos that shows U.S presidential phone calls in the past.

President William Howard Taft on the phone. Taft was the 27th U.S President serving from 1909 - 1913. (Harris & Ewing Collection /Library of Congress)

President Woodrow Wilson speaks on the telephone. Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th U.S. President serving from 1913 - 1921. (© CORBIS)

President Calvin Coolidge speaks on the telephone in 1928. John Calvin Coolidge, Jr was the 30th U.S President serving from 1923 - 1929. (Harris & Ewing Collection /Library of Congress)

President Harry Truman talks on the telephone in his office, Washington D.C., 1945. Harry S. Truman was the 33rd U.S. President serving from 1945 - 1953. (© CORBIS)

President Dwight Eisenhower conversing by phone at his desk, circa 1954. Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th U.S. President serving from 1953 - 1961. (©Bettmann/CORBIS)

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