Games Collection (#81)

Children Marching
A group of militaristic children play a marching game

Card House / Round Robin
The sixth storey : children building a card house

Child Fashions C. 1870
Boy: D-B jacket with cape, knickerbockers, striped socks & heeled boots. Girls: striped polonaise & fringed cape; tunic dresses with dentate hems, bustles & button trim

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

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

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

Games / Hopscotch / 1897
Girls playing hopscotch in the street

KRIEGSPIEL PLAYED
Brigade of Guards playing Kriegspiel at Horse Guards

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

Snowball Throw C1880
A girl throwing a snowball from behind a fence

Skating Xmas Early 19C
A Christmas skating party in the countryside

Game / Winter / Playing / Snow
Winter games - building a snowman, making a giant snowball, throwing small ones

Servant Snowballed
A servant boy, whose hat has already been knocked off, defends himself against his attackers

Game / Winter / Sliding Ice
Boys sliding on the ice in the village street

Playing as Soldiers / 1867
Victorian children play at soldiers

Children on Snowball
Two small children sit on the snowball they have just made, while a robin watches them and snow falls on their umbrella

Girl Snowballing
A robin watches while a girl prepares to defend herself in a snowball fight

Game / Winter / Skating 1880
Children skating on a frozen pond in winter

Happyfamilies / Miss Block
Miss Block the Barbers Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

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

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

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

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

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

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

Happy Families / Mstr Chip
Master Chip the Carpenters Son, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

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

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

Happy Families / Miss Dip
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861

Happy Families / Miss Bung
Miss Bung the Brewers Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

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

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

Happy Families / Miss Chip
Miss Chip the Carpenters Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Happy Families / Miss Dose
Miss Dose the Doctors Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain in 1861

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snowball Scene
Three children with an elegantly spherical snowball

Crossword Fever in USA
Crossword Puzzle Fever hits America - a proposal to erect huge crosswords at railway crossings to entertain travellers waiting for the train to pass

Country Dancing C18Th
A crowd enjoy a range of activities at a village fair. There is music and dancing, there are things to buy, games for the children to play and food and drink for everyone

Two children give their snowman an umbrella
Two children (and their dog) thoughtfully provide their snowman with a parasol to stop the sun melting him (or an umbrella to keep the snow off)

An old snowman says Happy Christmas
An old snowman (5 degrees below zero !) says A Happy Christmas on this greetings card

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