Compete Collection (#7)

Mickey Mantle Steals Second
New York, New York: Agust 7, 1961. MIckey Mantle of the New York Yankees steals second in the 11th inning of a game at Yankee Stadium against the MInnesota Twins

Baseball In Union Suits
United States: c. 1928. A man in union suit batting and boy in union suit catching

Three Men Playing Cards
United States: c. 1885. Three men drinking, smoking, and playing cards at a table

Five Women Playing Cards
United States: c. 1950. Five women having fun playing cards at a table

Pool Players Feminine Side
Cambridge, Massachusetts: December 2, 1947. A member of Harvards Hasty Pudding Club shows off his pool skills while on break from playing a role on the distaff side at the 100th anniversary show

Young Woman Bowling
United States: c. 1958. A young woman releases the bowling ball down the lane as her family looks on

Prelude And Yucca In Regatta
Los Angeles, California: February, 1937. The yachts Prelude (L) and the Yucca(R) racing in the eight meter yacht competition at the 11th annual Mid-Winter Regatta in Los Angeles

Thebaud Passes Bluenose
Boston, Massachusetts: October, 1938. Americas challenger for the International Fishermens trophy, the Gertrude L. Thebaud

Americas Cup Rainbow Yacht
Marblehead, Massachusetts: February, 1937. Harold Vanderbilts Rainbow, the 1934 Americas Cup defender, which is rumored to have been purchased by Chandler Hovey, Commodore of the Eastern Yacht Club

Ranger Leads Endeavour
Newport, Rhode Island: August, 1937. Harold Vanderbilts Americas Cup J sloop entry, Ranger, is off to a commanding lead in the third race over T.O.M. Sopwiths Endeavour

Spinakers On Racing Sailboats
Ocean: c. 1940 s. Two sailboats racing with their spinakers on a reach

Nefertiti In Americas Cup Race
Marblehead, Massachusetts: 1962. The stern view of the new $300, 000 entry into the quest for the Americas Cup

Americas Cup Sailboats
Newport, Rhode Island: 1962. Gretel (left), the Australian Americas Cup challenger, and the American boat, Vim are neck and neck in the first trial sail in this country for Gretel

Endeavour II At Newport
Newport, Rhode Island: June, 1937. T.O.M. Sopwiths Endeavour II out for a spin in a light breeze. He will race it in the Americas Cup in August

Winner of the 180 mile West Palm Beach to Lucaya-Freeport Gatewa
West Palm Beach, Florida June 14, 1965 The spear-nosed aluminum power boat won the 180 mile West Palm Beach to Lucaya-Freeport Gateway Marathon

Helen Hentshel of New York wins the Class B Outboard Races
Lake Templin, Germany: 1926. Helen Hentschel of New York wins the Class B Outboard Races on Lake Templin in Germany, with an average speed of 28.7 mph

Tetherball On The Beach
Los Angeles, California: c. 1933. Renee Whitney and Lorena Layson engage in a close game of tetherball on the beach

Four Girls Playing Sand Pool
Seaside, Oregon: c. 1937. The latest in beach sports in Oregon is sand pool, here being played by four of the lovely locals

New Sport Of Ice Planing
Venice, California: c. 1934. The new California sport on Venice Beach is ice planing. Larges cakes of ice are attached with rope to bicycles and the rider zips along down the beach behind the bike

New Sport Of Motor Surfing
Manhattan Beach, California: c. 1930. Heres what they do when there isn t a boat available for aquaplaning. The Manhattan Beach Chief of Police gives a ride at up to a mile a minute speeds

Women Play Beach Basketball
Venice, California: c. 1929. Members of the Venice Beach Girls Dare Club, a group of bathing beauties who do a new stunt every Sunday, playing tightrope basketball

Talking Marathon Contestants
Chicago, Illinois: October 21, 1930 The six talking marathon contestants after 12 hours at the Chicago Radio Show.They must talk for 55 minutes out of each hour

Yacht Building At New York To Compete The English Yachts At Cowes, United States Of America, 1851 Engraving

Powderpuff Derby Aviatrix
Los Angeles, California: 1929. Women flyers assembled at the Breakfast Club for the start of the first National Womens Air Derby from Clover Field in Santa Monica, to Cleveland, Ohio

Woman Skier To Compete
Chicago, Illinois: January 7, 1928 Opal Nuttall out at Pales Park Hills, where she will compete in the ski jumping contest tomorrow

Auto racing (May 1904). Race for the Gordon Bennett
Auto racing (May 1904).Race for the Gordon Bennett International Trophy. Drawing

Hector Berlioz / Wagner
HECTOR BERLIOZ The French composer and his German rival compete to see who can put the other to sleep... Date: 1803 - 1869

US, WA, Whidbey Island, Coupeville. Annual Whidbey Island Race Week in July hosting 11 racing classes. Started in 1983, considered one of top regattas in US

USA, California, San Francisco. Jon Modica spins in the air while kiteboarding at the 2007 Big Air Windjam competition. (MR) Credit as

USA, Colorado, Vail, Gore Creek. Kayaker action in the 2005 TEVA Mountain Games during the Freestyle Kayaking event (digitally enhanced)

School of Scalefin anthias, Anthias squamipinnis, at Habili Ali (St. Johns Reef area), Red Sea, Egypt

Halford-Hewitt golfing championship at Deal
Eight photographs showing various pairs competing in the golf competiton at Deal. Date: 1935

The final of the 100 Metres, 1948 London Olympics
A photo finish of the 100 metres final. Left to right: Harrison Dillard (no. 69, USA) came first, E. Macdonald Bailey (no. 35) was last, McCorquodale (no)

Scouts in eating competition
American Scouts taking part in an eating competition, with their hands tied behind their backs they try to eat pies. circa 1950s

Yeoman cavalry competition for the Loyd Lindsay Cup
Manoeuvres of the squads of yeomanry cavalry engaged in the competition for the Loyd Lindsay prize at Wimbledon; they have to ride, four together, two of them dismount

Southern giant petrels scavenging
Southern giant petrels (Macronectes giganteus) scavenging on the carcass of an Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)

NATI2A-00084
Native Americans horse-racing near their village on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Konik Horse (Equus caballus) stallions, fighting for mares during breeding season, on wetland reserve, Oostvaardersplassen, Netherlands

EASTBOURNE
Eastbourne, Sussex, is already a popular watering place - beach huts compete for space with fishing boats

BROMLEY
Horse-riders each standing on two horses compete in a race at Bromley, then in Kent but now part of Greater London

The North End of the Old Blackfriars Bridge, London, c. 1900
Photograph showing the road junction at the North end of the Old Blackfriars Bridge, London, c.1900. This was replaced by a new bridge in 1909

Chicago Street Scene
Tramways compete with horse- drawn traffic in Chicagos commercial centre

Is Macmahon the Saviour
As the various political factions compete for her favour, France looks to Macmahon as her best hope

Lark Deafened
The deafened lark : These German guns make such a din, I ve been driven ill with trying to compete!

Swimming Race
Four young boys compete against one another in a swimming race at a holiday camp, while proud parents watch on deckchairs outside their chalets

Crowded London Street
A congested street in the City of London - buses, wagons and cabs compete for passage

Sports Day Race 1970S
Determined-looking boys compete against one another in a race

Dinghy race, Dale, West Wales, UK
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