Throwback Thursday: “Firsts”

Throwback Thursday: “Firsts”

Who was the second person to build a working airplane? The third African American to play professional baseball? History records them all, but it is the “first” to do something that often captures the public’s attention. Take Pierre Navarre, for example. Navarre is often credited as the “first” person of European descent (French, specifically) to…

Throwback Thursday: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Chicago’
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Throwback Thursday: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Chicago’

Stanley Kubrick is best known for Hollywood blockbusters like 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. But before he was a film director, he was a photographer. Kubrick’s career began as a photographer. His experience began in college for a school publication. Things began to take off for him…

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Throwback Thursday: Michigan Street in Downtown South Bend

Downtown South Bend has changed immensely over the past one-hundred and fifty years. Perhaps no street is more emblematic of the city’s changing landscape than Michigan Street. This Throwback Thursday we take a look at photos showing the changes to Michigan Street throughout the years. Our first photograph is from 1914. It was a postcard…

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Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame Football Coach Knute Rockne

Notre Dame football kicks off on Saturday against Rice. We here at South Bend Voice thought that it would be fitting tribute to feature one of the all-time greats as the Fighting Irish begin their 2014 season. No single person is more emblematic of Notre Dame football than former coach Knute Rockne. The Norwegian-born coaching…