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Mayflower Curling Club, 1920

From 1905 to 1962 the Mayflower Curling Club was located on Agricola Street, around where the Army Navy Store is now. Source.

 

Mermaids of Brighton

Detail from "Women Swimming in the Sea at Brighton", a coloured etching by Wm. Heath, 1795-1840. See.

Cholita Mountaineers of Bolivia

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Junko Tabei

Junko Tabei (1939- 2016) in the Japanese Alps c. 1961. In 1975 she became the first woman to summit Everest. Source. More photos. Her 80th birthday was September 22nd, and she got a Google doodle:

Grenoble Olympique

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Sumo Wrestlers and Sunflowers

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Alouettes Logo

Through the month of July the Montreal Alouettes are wearing a version of their logo from the early Seventies. (It originally had a green eye.) It is a design is very much of its time, and so removed from a football dynamic it could go on a package of Vachon cakes. Yet it's the best one they've ever worn. Source.

Centennial Swimming Pool

I have never gone inside the Centennial Swimming Pool at Gottingen and Cogswell, but this guy has.

Berwick Curling Club

The Berwick Curling Club is moving to a new building. Read about it.

Jai Alai Building

The Manila Jai Alai Building (1940-2000) was one of the grandest Art Deco structures in East Asia, and Philippine capital of the Basque sport of jai alai. Source.