Games Collection (#85)

Loto Game C18
Children play loto, a form of bingo

C18 Kite Flying
Kite flying was amongst the games played by children in the eighteenth century

Girl Blowing Bubbles
A young girl blows bubbles, each one containing an illustration of a household chore

Game / Soap Bubbles / 1889
A mother and her daughter blow soap bubbles

Hide and Seek 1889
Three children play hide and seek outdoors

Men Play Dominoes 1875
Two men play dominoes in a cafe, watched by a companion at their table

Boy + Girl Play Dominoes
Are they playing for a forfeit? Yes. What? If Mabel wins, she kisses Charlie; if Charlie wins, he kisses Mabel! Nobody loses out in this games of dominoes

Follow my Leader 1889
A line of children walk along a stone wall, following their leader

Blind Mans Buff / French
Elegant ladies and gentlemen plays blind mans buff

Blind Mans Buff / Card
A little girl is blindfolded and hunts out her two friends

Hunt the Slipper / 1889
A group of Victorian children playing Hunt the Slipper

Games / Hopscotch / 1889
A group of Victorian children play hopscotch in the garden

Discipline at Newgate
General indiscipline amongst male inmates (young and old) in a dormitory cell at Newgate

Noted Billiards Player
H. W. Stevenson, a leading British player of his day, who won his first billiards championship in 1901

Boyton Water Show / Games
Games on the water at Boytons Worlds Water Show at Earls Court, London, including fencing and the mirth- provoking battle of the bladders

Olympics / 1932 / Main Str
Los Angeles: Main street decked out in flags in honour of the Olympic Games

Russian New Year
RUSSIAN LAPPS New years day is a solar festival here : the sun is encouraged to spend longer in the sky by games and ceremonies

New Year Medieval France
MEDIEVAL PARIS In the time of the Merovingian kings, the new year is celebrated by military games on the Champ de Mars - the field dedicated to the war-god

Billiard Room. France. C19
The billiard room in a French household - but not much chance of a quiet game !

Ladies Playing Billiards
Two ladies play in an elegant billiard-room

Olympics / 1896 Burke
The start of the 100m won by Burke, America (wearing red shorts)

Game / Tchonka C1840
Chinese ladies of Macassar, Celebes, playing the traditional game of Tchonka

Filming 1936 Olympics
OLYMPISCHE SPIELE 1936 Leni Riefenstahl and one of her team, recording the Games

Greek Hanging Game
In the delightful hanging game of the Ancient Greeks, if you don t cut the rope quickly enough, you lose the game (and your life)

Boys Play Dominoes
Evening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played

Ring O roses / Greenaway
Six children dance in a circle to play Ring O Roses

Label Miramar Malaga
Label from the HOTEL MIRAMAR, MALAGA, (Spain) invites you to fun and games on the beach

Baudeaire / Poem / Le Jeu
LE JEU Gambling

Ring O roses (Bennett)
Four children dance in a circle until the time comes when they must all fall down

Dolls at School
A smart little girl in a pretty dress with matching red shoes, ribbons and alice band, plays teacher with her blackboard and chalk. Her doll and teddy are the pupils

Clemence Isaure (B+W)
CLEMENCE ISAURE - charming lady of Toulouse who encouraged poetry ( le gai savoir ) and floral games, but unfortunately she probably existed only in legend !

Children Playing 1889
Children playing various games

Boy / Card House
Don t breathe now... a boy concentrates as he builds a house of cards

RING O ROSES 1950S
A group of girls play Ring O Roses holding hands

Knights Play Chess
Two English knights relax over a game of chess, though a colleague seems to be urging them to leave the chessboard for the battlefield

Girl on Swing C1890
A girl has fun on a swing

Playing at Poachers
Children playing at being poachers

Leapfrog in Snow
Boys leapfrogging in the snow

Boys Build Snowman
Building a snowman

Boys & Big Snowball
Boys with a huge snowball

Boys Snowballing
Boys snowballing

Boys Sliding on Snow
Boys sliding on the snow

Boy Plays Diabolo / 1905
A French boy demonstrates his skill at diabolo

Ancient Olympic Stadium
The site of the original Olympic games, showing the Hippodrome and Stadium, as well as the Theatre, Temples and other ceremonial sites

King of Diamonds / French
The King of Diamonds

Staged Daisy Chains
A little boy and two little girls, apparently making daisy chains, but more likely modelling childrens clothes!

Boy Blows Bubbles
An over-dressed boy - wearing a wig, whats more - blows bubbles at a table littered with ornaments

Leapfrog on the Roof
A delighted dog watches as a group of women and girls play a game of leap frog on a roof terrace!

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