The Harvard Drum – Bertha

7th Mar 2020

Harvard University Band’s bass drum, is towed on wheels and measures approximately 8 feet across. She’s big enough to have her own name, “Bertha”. It is the largest playable natural skin bass drum in … Read More

“Big Game” 1896-1897 the Sunset Limited

7th Mar 2020

Stanford Cal programs have always been some of our favorite. They are always well done as befits this great west coast rivalry. A very rare 1896 program from Thanksgiving Day is a real beauty.The prog … Read More

Harvard v. Yale Football Program 1931

7th Mar 2020

The Harvard-Yale game in 1941 was played at Harvard, thus it should come as no surprise that they are making fun of the Yale traditions of depicting the current captain sitting on the Yale Fence.The p … Read More

Famous Brown Alumni - Ted Turner

7th Mar 2020

Ted Turner: “I didn’t fail college; college failed me” the future captain of industry says about being expelled from Brown his senior year for burning down his fraternity’s homecoming display. Ted Tur … Read More

The Columbia Lion

7th Mar 2020

The Columbia Lion was adopted as a sports symbol by the Student Board in 1910 following the presentation of a blue and white banner with the motto “Leo Columbaie.” George Brokaw Compton of the Class o … Read More