Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Texas Flyer wanted
- Just a Year Too Soon
- WWII -- Replacing men with women at the railroad crossing.
- Yes, Icing
- You kids drive me nuts!
- NOT An Easy Job
- I wonder
- Just add window boxes
- Icing Platform?
- Indiana Harbor Belt abides
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
- Catenary Supports
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
Six Shooters: 1921
Washington, D.C. "War Risk Insurance basketball team, 1921." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.
Axe and bolos
My first thought is that the axe was from the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. On closer inspection of it and some research, I now believe the axe and bolos (as they would have been called) are from the Igorot tribes located in the mountain provinces of Luzon
Six
Women's basketball was a six-on-six game back then, which explains the six persons. However, only three of them would have been shooters under the rules of that game.
Wall hangings
I believe those items on the wall are from the Philippines, very specifically the island of Mindanao.
The lady in the middle of the second row
is Mrs. Ryan of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance basketball team (1921).
Tools etc.
From WRI to USVB
It was good that the initials of the team were pinned on the uniforms. Among the "war risks" covered by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance during WWI was soldiers' disability, which lead to a rapid expansion of its work, then its size. Congress and the Harding Administration lost faith in this arrangement in 1921. In August and September 1921, they abolished the Bureau and transferred its functions to the new United States' Veterans Bureau.
These little curious things. They point the way.
That wall hanging belongs in an Agatha Christie book.
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.
On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5