Rattler Gallery

Harlem Hellfighters Return

Soldiers of the U.S. 369th Infantry Regiment parading down 15th Avenue, New York, on their return from service in Europe during World War I, circa 1919. The regiment was an African-American outfit formed in 1913 from the 15th Infantry Regiment and its troops were popularly known as the Harlem Hellfighters or the Black Rattlers. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess

Women's champion runs city cafe devoted chess.
Sitting tense in a silence broken only by the rattler coffee cups, chess friends have found a haven in a City of London cafe, aptly named The Gambit in Budge Row.
The only cafe in the world dedicated entirely to chess, it is run by Miss Edith Price, who has been in Budge Row for 37 years and has herself been four times woman chess champion of Great Britain.
Many of the players come from all parts of London and some stay till well past midnight.
Photo shows, coffee cup in hand, a player thinks out his next move at The Gambit'.
7 December 1937

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Prize Winning Dogs at the Alexandra Palace Show, 1876

Engraving showing nine of the prize-winning dogs at the Alexandra Palace Dog Show, London, 1876. The dogs shown are (top to bottom): smooth coated colley Yarrow'; setter Palmerston'; spaniel Bustle'; bulldog Warrior'; fox terrier Rattler'; dachshund Pixie'; dandie dinmont Doctor'; Blenheim Little Blossom and broken-haired toy Little Midge

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