Vintage photograph believed to show Donald Wills Douglas Sr -

Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892–1981) was an American aircraft engineer and industrialist best known as the founder of the Douglas Aircraft Company. A pioneer of commercial aviation, he championed reliability and long-range performance, leading to landmark aircraft such as the DC-3, which transformed global air travel. Under his leadership, Douglas Aircraft became one of the world’s foremost aerospace manufacturers, playing a crucial role in both civil aviation and U.S. military production during World War II.

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Too many items for my small space! Listing a massive archive on eBay shortly of approximately 700 original press photos from the 1920s - 1936. Most are political subjects but also includes military, business, society figures and more. Most have caption sheets attached identifying the subjects

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Reggie Sanders came up with the Cincinnati Reds in the early nineties, a period when the club was trying to reestablish itself after the wire-to-wire title run of 1990. He arrived as a lean, fast outfielder with real power, and the Reds hoped he could grow into the kind of all-around player the franchise had been missing since Eric Davis began battling injuries. Early on, the local coverage often compared the two, which put pressure on a young player still learning the league.

By 1995, Sanders had settled in. He hit 28 home runs, stole 36 bases, and played a major role on a team that won the NL Central and reached the NLCS. Reporters noted how hard he worked on his defense, and how much his teammates trusted his ability to change a game with either speed or strength. He wasn’t a loud presence, but people around the clubhouse often mentioned how steady he was.

His time in Cincinnati lasted eight seasons, long enough to see the team cycle through managers, rosters, and expectations. Through it all, Sanders remained one of the most dependable players of the era, the kind of talent teams build around even if they don’t always say it out loud.

Mario Soto’s rise with the early 1980s Reds feels sharper when you remember the club was drifting through a down period. The Big Red Machine was gone, the roster was thinning, and the city leaned hard on a right-hander from the Dominican Republic who pitched with a kind of stubborn fire. Soto wasn’t big, but his fastball and diving change drew quiet respect around the league. Cincinnati writers liked to note how he carried himself on days he pitched: calm voice, loose shoulders, almost serene until the first hitter stepped in.

By 1982 he had become the anchor of a staff that badly needed one, piling up strikeouts on a team that wasn’t giving him much support. Fans remember the way he worked quickly and held the ball low at his waist as if measuring the next pitch. Even when the Reds struggled, he was the constant presence, the player you tuned in for. In an era defined by transition, Soto gave Cincinnati a sense of identity when it didn’t have much else.

Orel Hershiser arrived in the majors without the hype that follows most future aces. He had been an undersized kid, a 17th-round pick, and even got cut from his high school team. What he did have was a stubborn sense of self-belief and a willingness to rebuild himself from the ground up. The Dodgers helped him reshape his delivery and his confidence, and by the late 1980s he had become the face of their pitching staff.

Hershiser reached his peak in 1988, a season that still feels almost mythical in Dodgers history. He threw 59 consecutive scoreless innings, a record that has survived every offensive era since. He won the Cy Young Award, then outdueled some of the best lineups of the decade in October. His complete game in the National League Championship Series and his dominant work in the World Series helped deliver the Dodgers their first title since the Koufax era. People in Los Angeles still talk about how calm he looked on the mound during those weeks, almost as if the postseason belonged to him.

His influence was not limited to that one season. Hershiser became known as one of the smartest and most prepared pitchers of his time, a player who kept evolving as velocity around him climbed and hitters changed their approach. Later in his career he served as a steadying veteran presence for Cleveland during their mid-1990s resurgence, reaching two more World Series.

Orel Hershiser’s story is one of persistence, reinvention and competitive poise. He went from overlooked prospect to postseason legend and left behind one of the most memorable pitching seasons the game has ever seen.