Sportsmen Collection (page 8)

Harry Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harry Smith, between c1910 and c1915.

Wendell - Ex-capt. Harvard, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Wendell - Ex-capt. Harvard, 1913. Shows Harvard University football player Percy Langdon Wendell (1899-1932).

Presenting Collins with car at World Series, Philadelphia, 1914 Creator: Bain News Service
Presenting Collins with car at World Series, Philadelphia, 1914. Shows baseball player Edward Trowbridge Collins, Sr. (1887-1951)

John E. "Eddie" Murphy, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
John E. "Eddie" Murphy, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914.

Al Bridwell & Jimmy Archer, Chicago NL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Bridwell & Jimmy Archer, Chicago NL (baseball), 1913.

Chief Bender, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Chief Bender, Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1913.

Ward McDowell, outfield prospect for Cleveland AL (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Ward McDowell, outfield prospect for Cleveland AL (baseball), 1913.

Johnny Kling, Chicago NL (baseball), 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Johnny Kling, Chicago NL (baseball), 1910.

Bob Bescher, New York NL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Bob Bescher, New York NL (baseball), 1914.

Dick Hennessy, New York Giants batboy and mascot, at the Polo Grounds, New York (baseball), 1913.

Art Fromme, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Art Fromme, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball), 1912.

F.E. "Fin" Wilson, Cleveland AL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
F.E. "Fin" Wilson, Cleveland AL (baseball), 1912.

Jim Thorpe, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball), 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Jim Thorpe, New York NL, at Polo Grounds, NY (baseball), 1913.

The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers...the start..., 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Spring Meeting at Yokohama: race of the Japanese officers - the start, 1865. 'Our Special Artist and Correspondent at Yokohama writes as follows

The Race for the Grand Prix de Paris, at Longchamps, on the 5th June, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Race for the Grand Prix de Paris, at Longchamps, on the 5th June, 1864. '...owing to the inferiority of the animals ultimately left on the card

Cricket-match at Melbourne between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cricket-match at Melbourne [in Australia,] between the All-England Eleven and Twenty-Two of Victoria, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs

The cricket-match between Madras and Calcutta: the Madras Eleven, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The cricket-match between Madras and Calcutta: the Madras Eleven, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. B. Smith, of the '...portraits of eleven members of the Madras Cricket Club who lately

Members of the French and Greek Fencing teams at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo)
7078892 Members of the French and Greek Fencing teams at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo); Private Collection; Prismatic Pictures

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: The first Olympic Winter Games, luge with spectators in uniform, 1924
LUX4811386 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: The first Olympic Winter Games, luge with spectators in uniform, 1924; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74)

JO de Chamonix, 1924
2035083 JO de Chamonix, 1924; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: skating: Belgian couple Herbus and WaGerman); Spaarnestad Photo

Sculpture, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880 depicting a group of wrestlers
7278153 Sculpture, digital improved reproduction of an original print 1880 depicting a group of wrestlers; Private Collection; (add.info.: Sculpture)

France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: The first Olympic Winter Games
LUX4811380 France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74), Chamonix: The first Olympic Winter Games, competitions with spectators in uniform, 1924; (add.info.: France, Rhone-Alpes, Haute-Savoie (74)

A sportsman refreshing himself at a country inn, 1850
3478295 A sportsman refreshing himself at a country inn, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a sportsman refreshing himself at a country inn. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: bobsleigh
2035086 Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: bobsleigh; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: bobsleigh); Spaarnestad Photo

Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: skating
2035085 Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: skating; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: skating); Spaarnestad Photo

London to Brighton walking race, 1925 (b/w photo)
1812898 London to Brighton walking race, 1925 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); London Metropolitan Archives

Tales of the Hunt, (oil on canvas)
658526 Tales of the Hunt, (oil on canvas); 69.9x88.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tales of the Hunt. de Smet (mid 19th century). Oil on canvas. 69.9 x 88.9cm.); © Andrew Macara

Tom Hyer. American heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer
7301594 Tom Hyer. American heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Tom Hyer, 1819 - 1864. American heavyweight bare-knuckle boxer)

White horse with jockey (oil on paper on board)
8702233 White horse with jockey (oil on paper on board) by Ancona, Vito d (1825-84); 15.3x21.6 cm; Istituto Matteucci, Viareggio

American Athletes at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo)
7078894 American Athletes at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Albert Clinton Tyler (1872 - 1945)

John L. Sullivan (b/w photo)
7388424 John L. Sullivan (b/w photo); (add.info.: John L. Sullivan, American boxer and world heavyweight champion. Arguably the first heavyweight champion of the world)

Duke Kahanamoku, Amelia Earhart, Paavo Nurmi, Douglas Fairbanks and Arthur Jonath at the Olympic Games, LA
3739646 Duke Kahanamoku, Amelia Earhart, Paavo Nurmi, Douglas Fairbanks and Arthur Jonath at the Olympic Games, LA, 1932 (photo); (add.info.: Left to right Duke Kahanamoku, Amelia Earhart)

Baseball Team, c.1905-28 (b/w photo)
7288787 Baseball Team, c.1905-28 (b/w photo); 25x19 cm; Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA; (add.info.: Photograph of young men wearing baseball uniforms)

Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement
3506054 Canoe racing on the River Thames, England in the 19th century, from Album-Evenement, Prime du Journal L'Evenement, pub

American Athletes at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo)
7078887 American Athletes at the Summer Olympics, Athens, Greece. 1896 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Albert Clinton Tyler (1872 - 1945)

Publicity Poster for the Valencian Regional Exposition Cycling Contest, 1909 (oil on canvas)
IND54621 Publicity Poster for the Valencian Regional Exposition Cycling Contest, 1909 (oil on canvas); Private Collection; Index Fototeca

Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: ice hockey
2035089 Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: ice hockey; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: ice hockey); Spaarnestad Photo

Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: patinage: Mrs Bingner
2035093 Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: patinage: Mrs Bingner; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: patinage: Mrs Bingner); Spaarnestad Photo

Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: curling
2035088 Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: curling; (add.info.: Winter Olympic Games. Chamonix, France 1924: curling); Spaarnestad Photo

Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Chandler, between c1910 and c1915. Possibly shows Brown University football player Theodore Chandler

Connie Mack & Ira Thomas (coach), Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Connie Mack & Ira Thomas (coach), Philadelphia AL (baseball), 1914

Dick Rudolph's grip on ball, Boston NL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Dick Rudolph's grip on ball, Boston NL (baseball), 1914

Merito Acosta, Washington AL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Merito Acosta, Washington AL (baseball), 1914

Fred Welsh, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Fred Welsh, between c1910 and c1915

Paddy O'Connor & Dots Miller, St. Louis NL (baseball), 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Paddy O'Connor & Dots Miller, St. Louis NL (baseball), 1914. Shows baseball players John Barney "Dots" Miller (1886-1923) and Patrick Francis O'Connor (1879-1950)

Charles "Buck" Herzog, New York NL (baseball), 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Charles "Buck" Herzog, New York NL (baseball), 1912

Cy Morgan, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Cy Morgan, Philadelphia, AL (baseball), 1910

Rube Marquard, Brooklyn NL (baseball), 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Rube Marquard, Brooklyn NL (baseball), 1916

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"Unleashing the Power: Sportsmen Showcasing Skill and Passion" Hockey - Footwork, Dribbling, and Passing demonstrated with finesse on the icy battleground. Billy Bancroft, the formidable Welsh international rugby player, leaving opponents in awe with his sheer strength and agility. Jack Johnson's boxing match unfolds as he dances like a butterfly and stings like a bee, displaying unmatched technique and resilience. Eric Liddell's radiant smile lights up Edinburgh University as he celebrates his triumphant Olympic victory. Fred Archer, an epitome of grace and precision, effortlessly guiding his horse towards another glorious triumph on the racetrack. Winter sports enthusiasts flock to Arlberg, Austria in 1910 for thrilling adventures amidst breathtaking snowy landscapes. Mel captures golf clubs swinging through Harewood Downs' lush green fairways – a perfect harmony between man and nature. A picturesque summer day at Priory Park witnesses cricket players engaging in friendly competition while basking in warm sunlight. John Biglin glides across calm waters in his single scull boat; Thomas Eakins immortalizes this serene moment of rowing mastery from 1873. Drumcree's spirited atmosphere reverberates through time captured by an unknown photographer in 1911 – showcasing unity through sport despite differences. Moifaa takes center stage under unknown creator's lens in 1911 – symbolizing Polynesian culture intertwining with sporting excellence during yacht races. From hockey to rugby, boxing to rowing—these sportsmen embody dedication, skillfulness, and unwavering passion that transcends time itself.