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JACKIE ROBINSON (1919-1972). John Roosevelt Robinson, known as Jackie. American baseball player. As a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, stealing home under the tag of catcher Andy Seminick in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 July 1950. The Dodgers batter is Gil Hodges

JACKIE ROBINSON (1919-1972).
John Roosevelt Robinson, known as Jackie. American baseball player. As a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers, stealing home under the tag of catcher Andy Seminick in a game against the Philadelphia Phillies, at Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 July 1950. The Dodgers batter is Gil Hodges

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Clapton Orient FC football team 1936

Clapton Orient FC football team 1936. Back row: Oakley, Murray, Farrell, Searle (Captain), Herod. Third row: Proudfoot (Manager), Wells, Heinemann, Rossiter, Iceton, Watson, Hillam, Affleck, Brooks, Halsey (Secretary). Second row: White (Trainer), Banfield, Fisher, Hammond, Quinn, Crawford, Fletcher, Smith, Taylor, Wright (Assistant Trainer). Front row: McCombe, Mulraney, Miles, Codling. Date: 1936

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Senegal - Griot playing a Kora

Senegal - seated Griot playing a Kora, a 21-stringed harp lute that originated in the Gambia River valley with the Mandinko but is one of the most popular instruments in Senegal. Griots from most Mande groups in Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau play the kora, which has featured on a number of western recordings in recent years. A Griot is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet and/or musician. The griot is a repository of oral tradition, and is also often seen as something of a societal leader due to his traditional position as an adviser to royal personages. Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection