In 1966, Roberta Gibb was the first woman to ever run a marathon. After being rejected from the Boston Marathon because ‘women were not physiologically capable of running the distance’ she hid near the starting line, and finished in 3 hours, 21 minutesMay 19, 2026
Construction workers drinking beer in Soldiers Joy Cafe near Camp Blanding. Starke, Florida. December 1940. Photo by Marion Post WolcotMay 19, 2026
Lucille and Desi eloped in 1940 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Desi was scheduled to perform at the Roxy Theater in New York that night and this photo shows him carrying his new bride into his dressing roomMay 18, 2026
Colorized picture of my grandfather running a marathon in Hamburg, Germany in the early 1920sMay 18, 2026
