United States Patent No. 1458672 Ball Design by C.C. Witmer Et Al Filed November 17 1921 Size:24x18 Abraham Lincoln's Residence

Abraham Lincoln's Residence

A Victorian orrery rendered as devotional object

and the long blue shadow of the Sangre de Cristos at dusk

Gillette Stadium Original Art from Bella Frye

225325 Shuttle Cock by E Bauer (1935) — Bauer's inventor's diagram dissects the humble birdie into geometry

United States Patent No. 1458672 Ball Design by C.C. Witmer Et Al Filed November 17 1921 Size:24x18 Abraham Lincoln's ResidenceUnited States Patent No. 1458672 Ball Design by Cc Witmer Et Al Filed November 17 1921 Witmer's filing maps the curving seams of a football in the years when the ball was still a fat, rounded thing meant for drop kicks and rugby style scrums. The schematic traces each panel and stitch line with the patience of a man who knew the pigskin's shape was about to change the game itself. About the Source Bella Frye sources sports artifacts from American