I’ve long been fascinated with old issues of LIFE Magazine. I came across a few when I was ten years old and couldn’t stop reading them; the photos and ads held some sort of vintage magic for me. And that hasn’t changed; the only difference now is that I have more issues in my collection. So imagine my excitement in finding out that the LIFE photo archives are now available on Google. From the website:
Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching
from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now
available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.
A simple search for “hockey” found about 200 photos. They’re really something, from puck bunnies in 1951 to Glenn Frey in uniform in 1992. Of course there’s photos of the old greats as well- Jean Beliveau, Terry Sawchuk, Wayne Gretzky- but I think the collection is more notable for the photos of hockey as it used to be. Kids playing street hockey in roller skates (the kind that fitted over shoes and needed a skate key) and Red Wings jerseys. A 1950 game between Colorado College and Boston University. This is what hockey used to be, in the days before helmets, Thermablades, and composite sticks.
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