Sports
Enter the 1940s: NBA was created. The first Little League World Series played. And for the first time, the official NFL Record Manual was published.
Sports were an essential pastime for the American public.

“It was Exhilarating”: Exclusive Interview with Figure Skater Dick Button
Perhaps second only to Sonja Henie, and truly an innovative in the world of ice, figure skater Richard “Dick” Button transformed and impacted his sport in many ways.

“You Learn a Lot, Both with Wins and Losses”: Carl Erskine, Pitcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers
With exclusive interview—
Typical of those of the 1940s era, Carl Daniel Erskine is one ballplayer who proved that the American dream can come to pass through the attributes of hard work, humility, and perseverance.