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History in Color: August 30, 1953, Stockholm, Sweden – Legendary U.S. heavyweight, 2x Olympic Champion, 6x World Champion John Davis of NYC, NY, USA competes in the 90+kg weight class at the 1953 World...
History in Color: July 25, 1952, Helsinki, Finland – Legendary Soviet weightlifter, official and manager Alexander Bukharov is refereeing the bantamweight class (56kg) at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. It was the first...
History in Color : June 28, 1952, NYC, New York – 28-year old mid heavyweight Norbert Schemansky of Detroit, Michigan, USA performs a press lift on his way to the win the 1st place...
The History in Color cover shows our version of the famous vintage postcard with a black-and-white portrait of Charles Rigoulot when he won the gold medal in the 82.5kg class at the 1924 Summer...
History in Color: July 27, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 24-year heavyweight Lennart Dahlgren of Sweden performs his unforgettable “joy jump” while snatching 155kg in his 3rd attempt in the 110kg weight class at the...
June 29, 2019 – One of the all-time and all-nations best Olympic weightlifters who ever stepped on the competition platform, Peter George of the United States turns 90! By all means, Peter George is ...
June 13, 2019 – Olympic vice champion Vartan Militosyan (1950-2015) of Armenia would have been 69 today. Happy Birthday to the great champion! The History in Color series features Vartan Militosyan as a cameraman...
History in Color: 2x Olympic champions, super heavyweight legends of Olympic weightlifting, Vasily Alexeev (left) of Shakhty, Russia, USSR and Leonid Zhabotinsky of Zaporozhye, Ukraine, USSR are having an armwrestling match on the beach...
History in Color: James “Jim” Halliday (1918-2007) was one of the most memorable weightlifting characters of the post World War 2 decade in Olympic weightlifting. He earned his nickname “Jumping Jim” after developing a...
History in Color: October 1966, East Berlin, Germany – Two key personalities of Olympic weightlifting of their countries, Bob Hoffman (USA) and Arkady Vorobyev (USSR) exchange a firm handshake on the streets of East...
Birds in Winter: Ducks, Egrets and More
20 Jan, 2022
Birds in Winter: Northern Cardinal
20 Jan, 2022
20 Jan, 2022
Eugene Katsura: 1963 Prize of Moscow
16 Jan, 2022
2 May, 2015
Norbert Schemansky Marathon. The Legend Turns 91.
12 May, 2015
28 Sep, 2015
1 May, 2016
1 May, 2017
