Games Collection (page 3)

Waterloo Cup game
Waterloo Cup greyhound racing board game, 1909 Date: 1909

Christmas Day 100 years ago by H. L. Oakley
Charming silhouettes cut by H. L. Oakley depicting a traditional Victorian Christmas. The morning begins with a visit to church, followed by skating on a frozen pond

Victorian Silhouettes by H. L. Oakley
A page of silhouettes showing various Victorian pastimes and games including archery, croquet, skating and chess

Rising floor for Bridge players / W H Robinson
A rising floor in the cars cabin which seconds as a Bridge table can allow those who are keen on both card games and motoring to engage in both pastimes simultaneously

Olympics Games - Paris - 1924
A souvenir card from the Olympic Games in Paris, France in 1924 Date: 1924

Motorcycle Football
A daily game of motorcycle football being played at Pangbourne, Berkshire

Blind Mans Buff
Children playing Blind Mans Buff at a Christmas party

Men and women playing pool in a billiards room, 19th century
Fashionable men and women playing pool in a billiards room in the 19th century. Handcoloured lithograph after Jean-Henri Marlet from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill

The 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. Pictured, a member of Romanias gymnastic team. 19th July 1976

London 1908 Olympic Games One of the earliest Olympic dramas to be captured on film. Pietri Dorando collapses after crossing the finishing line in the 1908 Olympic Marathon

Press Club February 1978 Playboy bunnies will challenge Press club rabbits at the Press club, London International Press centre, Shoe Lane London in a grand snooker tournament

Memorial Stadium. Berkeley. Date: 1923

PINBALL MACHINE / 1963
A pinball machine first manufactured by J.H. Keeney & Co. Inc. in April 1963. The game, Venus, is loosly based on bingo and there are six bingo cards on the back glass. Date: 1963

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Theatre. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Old Maid card - Butler. circa 1940s

Two cats playing billiards on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

The Goal in Sight - Two Scotsmen fired up in race for Scotch
The Goal in Sight - Two Scotsmen fired up in a race for the First Prize of a bottle of Scotch Whisky! Date: 1916

Poet and discus thrower, Mlle. H. Konopacka
Halina Konopacka (1900 - 1989), famous athlete and the first Polish Olympic Champion (1928, Amsterdam). She took part in the Olympic Games in Amsterdam, where she won a gold medal in discus throw

Two female Judoka or Judo fighters wrestling each other

The Cosy Corner pub, a favourite with fruit market porters in Glasgow, Scotland. Male customers drink beer and play dominoes. 1949

Swinging Patty Berg
Pebble Beach, California: June 28, 1956 Patty Berg swings at a golf driving demonstration

Hayes winning the Marathon Race. Olympic Games, London 1908
Photograph of John Hayes, American athlete, in the final leg of the marathon race at the London Olympic Games in 1908. Dorando Pietri of Italy collapsed after entering the stadium ahead of the pack

Original logo, British Broadcasting Corporation
Original logo for the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation. circa 1953

A regular customer at the New Cresta club in Solihull, West Midlands, clutches a selection of drinks during a game of darts. 25th March 1977

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Pipe the Plumber. Date: 20th century

Book cover - Good-bye Summer - game of tennis
Front cover of a book showing an Edwardian couple playing a game of tennis. c.1905

Scottish Types - Curling, Clan Grant. 19th century

G Jefferson fails at pole vault, 1932 Olympics
A falling American pole-vaulter grips the cross bar as he makes his descent at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, failing to make a height of 13 feet 9 inches. Date: 1932

Male gymnast exercising on a pommel horse, front view

Spectators at Braemar Highland Games, Scotland
Kilted spectators watch from the hillside at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, traditionally attended by the British Royal Family. September 1911

1912 Stockholm Olympics
Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, 1912.Ben and Platt Adams 3rd and 2nd in standing broad jump Date: 1912

Discus Throwing - Olympics, London 1908
Classic Games at Shepherds Bush - Four positions in throwing the discus. Series of four photographs showing the positions adopted while throwing the discus

Petticoat Lane, London - Birds eye view
Birds eye view of stalls on Petticoat Lane, London. A street clothes market on Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. Secondhand clothes

Helsinki Olympics - Gymnasts
Three female gymnasts used as the subject for a promotional card for the Helsinki Olympic Games of 1952. Date: 1952

Herne Hill Arena, 1948 London Olympic Games
Track cycling events were held in Herne Hill Arena in South London for the XIVth Olympiad. Olympic cycling comprised of road racing and track cycling

Statue of Zeus in Ancient Olympia
Statue of Zeus in Olympia. coloured historical artwork. This statue was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was 12 metres high inside the Temple of Zeus in Olympia, Greece

Bruce Bairnsfather merchandise
Selection of items featuring illustrations by the famous World War One cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather including a jigsaw with Bairnsfathers curmudgeonly soldier character Ole Bill grumbling

Anthony Asquith as a boy at 10 Downing Street, London
Anthony Asquith (1902-1968) as a boy at 10 Downing Street, Central London, when his father, Herbert Henry Asquith, was Prime Minister

Senegal - West Africa - Dakar
Children playing in the street in Dakar, Senegal

Scottish Children Highland Dancing, Aboyne, 1926
Photograph showing Annie Voight (left) and Rose Eyrie dancing at the Aboyne Highland Games, Aberdeenshire, 1926

Happy Families / Mr Tape
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Pupils in playground, St Lukes C of E Primary
Pupils in a school playground, St Lukes C of E Primary

Buzkashi, Kabul, Afghanistan, Asia

Deck quoits area, cruise ship

Boy playing a Japanese taiko drum video game at a game center, Japan, Asia

Chess in Paris Cafe
A game of chess at the Cafe de la Regence, Paris, with several on-lookers

The Great Game of Poker
Four men sit around a table playing poker while a fifth stands watching the game and smoking

Game / Pin Tail Donkey
Template for the game

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