Games Collection (#11)

Mr Libbys Corned Beef
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Mr Libbys Corned Beef. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Tomato Catchup
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Spanish Rice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Spanish Rice. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Red Salmon
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Red Salmon. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Milk
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Milk. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Juices - Pineapple
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Juices - Pineapple. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding. circa 1950s

Miss Libbys Corned Beef
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Miss Libbys Corned Beef. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Tomato Catchup
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Tomato Catchup. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Spanish Rice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Spanish Rice. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Milk
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Milk. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Juices - Tomato Juice
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Juices - Tomato Juice. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Fruits - Pears
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Fruits - Pears. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding. circa 1950s

Master Libbys Corned Beef
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Master Libbys Corned Beef. circa 1950s

Libbys Happy Families Card Game Rules, paper bag verso. circa 1950s

Black boys playing marbles
Black Boys playing marbles. 19th century

Men and women on a Roman swing, Italy
Men and women having fun on a Roman swing (or Canofieno), Italy. Date: early 19th century

Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica, Italy
Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica (or La Rotuola, similar to throwing the discus), Italy. The circular object is made of heavy, hard wood. Date: early 19th century

Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number

SS Ranchi, P&O cruiser, with people playing deck games
SS Ranchi, P&O Line cruiser, with people playing games on deck. Date: circa 1930

Ladies wheelbarrow race at Bad Homburg, 1882
Ladies at the fashionable spa town of Bad Homburg take part in an energetic wheelbarrow race during a picnic, despite being encumbered with corsets and bustles

Advert for Spiers & Ponds Stores - Toys 1902
Advertisement for early Edwardian outdoor toys. Date: 1902

Illustration, Hide and Seek, by Richard H Brock. 20th century

Seeing multiples / Photography trick
Photographers became more experimental with the portraits they could photograph. In this example the same man appears multiple time within the same frame. Date: 1902

Games unknown, 14th century. A variant of hide and seek, and boys playing a guessing game where one holds up a certain number of fingers and his colleagues have to show the same, similar to scissors

Medieval games: boy diving for apples on a bench while another boy threatens to upend the bench and dunk the boy in the tub (top)

Medieval childrens games: badminton with racquets and shuttlecock, boy with paper windmill, boy flying a butterfly on a string, and boys playing bob-cherry with an apple

Man with lance tilting at a ring under a box, 17th century
Man on horseback with lance tilting at a ring under a box at a village fete, 17th century, from a painting by Philips Wouwerman

Boys firing arrows at a target in an archery game, after an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet, 1826. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

The king of popinjay man enters the village with a bird on his lance. In the background, a crowd of archers fire arrows at a windmill, after an engraving from the 18th century

Villagers practising archery with long bows and a target on a Sunday. After a painting of the Dutch school, 17th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

The game of Popinjay in Belgium, 19th century. Men with muskets shoot at a target in a park. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Young man playing cache cache mitoulas with a group of girls in a garden, after a painting by Nicolas Lancret. In this game

The game of Four Corners, 18th century
The game of Four Corners, a variant of tag, 18th century, after a painting by Nicolas Lancret. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Villagers dancing around the bonfire for the feast of St. John the Baptist, midsummer. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette

The fighting games of barres, or couppeteste
The fighting game of barres or Ostrachynda was played between teams of combatants in a defined area, 16th century. The players shouted couppeteste as they fought. Others can be seen playing leapfrog

Children sledding and skating on ice (traineaux), early 19th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Ice skating and sledding on a glacier near Gentilly, 18th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris

Boys sliding on ice (glissoire) and sledding on ice (traisneau), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys learning to fence with a fencing master in breastplate holding an epee. From the fencing lesson by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1829

Boys running and climbing over an obstacle course at a sports event, 19th century. Handcoloured heliotype lithograph by Fortier-Marotte from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

A formal ball dance in the 17th century. Men and women dancing in a circle at right, and men lining up in front of women across the hall at left

Children dancing in front of a dance master holding a violin and bow. From the dance lesson by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1826

Peasants dancing in a clearing to music from a recorder and bagpipes. After an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

A ballroom scene (top) and sailors and peasants dancing the fashionable waltz during the French Revolutionary era. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

Boys playing tug-of-war with batons and dancing
Boys playing tug-of-war with batons (covet baston) and dancing to music (danse), after an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella, 17th century

Boys racing to grab a victory wreath from a young girl
The prize of the sprint race. Boys racing to grab a victory wreath from a young girl. After an illustration by Jean-Henri Marlet in le Bon Genie, 1826

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