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Tennis playersPeople You See. Tennis players. From Teddy Bear (25 July 1964)
Play the Game Football book coverFront cover of a book depicting a young boy kicking a football on the front cover. Date: c.1941
Poster design for Illinois Central travelPoster design for Illinois Central, the road of travel luxury, featuring trips from Chicago and St Louis to the Gulf Coast (Beautiful Mississippi), offering sports all the year round. 20th century
Official programme, International Trophy at BrooklandsCover design for the official programme, The International Trophy at Brooklands, organised by the Junior Car Club. Showing a racing car and driver. May 1933
Business card design, woman shooting birds
Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheeseNursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a boy sits doing sums on a slate while other boys play football. Below -- mice eating bread, cheese and an apple. early 20th century
Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing racing cars on a circuit with a futuristic red aeroplane soaring above them. September 1932
Poster advertising The Sporting Girl, or Newmarket, a racing musical comedy, depicting Poppy and her trainer. With music by F Taylor and EB Jones
Poster design for Quebec Winter Sports, via Canadian Pacific, showing a couple on skis in in a snowy landscape. 20th century
Business card design, woman playing tennisBusiness card design, depicting a woman playing tennis. 20th century
Valcourt in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, ParisValcourt in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927
Clubhouse, St Andrews, Scotland. late 19th century
Ping Pong in FairylandFairies playing ping pong on a mushroom. Date: 1902
Florence Walton and Leon Leitrim in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927
Tattooed wrestlers, Japan. circa 1890s
Leslie CheapeCaptain Leslie St. Clair Cheape (1882-1916), British soldier and polo player dubbed, Englands greatest polo player. He played for England in the Westchester Cup three times in 1911
Scene on the River Isis near OxfordWintry scene on the River Isis near Oxford, with two young men on bicycles and a team of rowers on the water. Date: circa 1950s
Bullfight in Granada, SpainA large crowd watching a bullfight in Granada, Spain. Date: 1962
Children at play - Addison Place, LondonChildren playing cricket and climbing drainpipes - Addison Place, London. Date: 1956
Competitors at the Windsor Horse ShowCompetitors on horseback at the Windsor Horse Show. Date: 1957
Athletics event for under-elevens, Seaford, SussexAn athletics event, a 100-yard sprint for under-elevens at Seaford, East Sussex. The boys stand ready for the starting signal. Date: 1934
Annual rickshaw Derby, Hong Kong, ChinaScene at the annual rickshaw Derby held in Hong Kong, China, with participants and spectators. Date: 1987
Fox hunt near Tunbridge Wells, KentTwo people on horseback, taking part in a fox hunt near Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Date: 1962
Granpop rides the Cresta by Lawson WoodHumorous illustration featuring Granpop, the orang utan character created by Lawson Wood hurtling down a piste head-first on a toboggan, much to the bemusement of a small monkey and bear. Date: 1935
Christmas and New Year greetings cardA Christmas and New Year greetings card, showing boys and girls skating on the ice. late 19th century
Winter Sports with Thomas Cook & SonCover illustration for Winter Sports in France, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Norway, Sweden and Canada, under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd
Advertisement for Grand Hotel, Ngamplang, JavaAdvertisement for the Grand Hotel and golf course at Ngamplang, West Java, Indonesia. circa 1930s
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Advertisement for Maloja Palace Hotel, Engadine, SwitzerlandAdvertisement for the Maloja Palace Hotel, Engadine, Switzerland, showing a skier flying through the air. circa 1930s
Advertisement for Ellimans Universal Embrocation, for the treatment of stiffness, sprains, aches and bruises. Showing an athletic young woman about to take a swipe at a golf ball. early 20th century
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Man and woman in golfing sceneA man and a woman in a golfing scene -- he is about to hit the ball, while she watches. early 20th century
Poster design for 18 hole Golf Links, showing a group of people on a golf course on a sunny day. 20th century
Chantreys Famous Shot, with which he killed two woodcocks -- apparently the previous day he killed a hare and a rabbit, also with one shot. It is also claimed that he was blind in one eye
Golfing scene at Mont Agel, Monte Carlo, Monaco, showing two women playing, and two young boys acting as their caddies. early 20th century
The Dolly Sisters and Pearl White, location unknown, 1920s 1920s
Granpop Tests the Swimming Pool Water by Lawson WoodHumorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his creation Granpop, an orang-utan, testing a teacup of water before his animal friends launch themselves from a makeshift springboard
Lottery ticket for French horse race 20th century
Father O Flynn winning Grand NationalFather O Flynn (the name of the horse) winning the Grand National at Aintree, at 20-1 ridden by Captain Roddy Owen. 1892
A Googlie by Lawson WoodA bear batsman looks concerned as a determined monkey bowls a googlie at his batting partner. Date: 1930
Advertisement for Antar motor oil, as used in the Monte Carlo Rally of 1933. Showing a yellow car and a large red oil can. 1930s
Wartime poster, Quicker Turnround helps to Quicker Victory. Speed up loading and unloading. Showing a footballer scoring a goal, to the consternation of the goalkeeper. 1940s
Captain Leslie Cheape playing polo against America, 1914Captain Leslie St. Clair Cheape (1882-1916), British soldier and polo player dubbed, Englands greatest polo player pictured playing his part in the England victory over America in the International
Colonials playing croquet, India. circa 1890s
La Mome Moineau in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927
People at a Sumo match, JapanPeople at a Sumo wrestling match, Japan. circa 1890s
Polo pony and groom, India. circa 1890s
Three archers, Japan. circa 1890s
Aboriginal boy playing cricketAustralian aboriginal boy playing cricket, published by Raphael Tuck. Date: 1905
Sumo wrestlers and referee, Japan. circa 1890s
La Belle Chrysis in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927
The dancer Nadja in La Grande Revue Femmes et Sport, Palace Theatre, Paris, 1927 Date: 1927
Polo Victory 1914, Menu card from Buckingham PalaceThe menu card at the dinner given by King George V at Buckingham Palace to the England polo team after they had won the International Polo Trophy - or Westchester Cup - from America in 1914
Two people fencing, Japan
Pixies playing a kind of tennis
Big game hunters with elephant, IndiaBig game hunters with a dead elephant, India. circa 1890s
Yacht Club, Bombay, India. circa 1890s
British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Seen here having a pillow fight over water. circa 1916
Polo at HurlinghamStylised illustration showing a polo match in progress at the exclusive Hurlingham club at the height of the Season. Each year the Champion Cup
Chamba, India, seen from the hockey groundChamba, Himachal Pradesh, northern India, seen from the hockey ground. circa 1890s
The Boat RaceStylised illustration of the famous boat race along the River Thames. Date: 1927
People playing tennis, India. circa 1890s
Varsity Match - Oxford v Cambridge at Lord sThe Oxford and Cambridge Cricket Match played at Lords in July over three days, one of the highlights of the summer sporting and social calendar
Autocar Poster -- first French Grand PrixAutocar Poster -- Szisz in his red Renault, in which he won the first French Grand Prix. His average speed for the race was 63 mph. The circuit used was near Le Mans. 1906
Autocar Poster -- Voiturette race at Boulogne, FranceAutocar Poster -- Bablot driving a 3-litre Delage No.10 (left), chasing Boillots Peugeot, in the Voiturette race (for lightweight cars) at Boulogne, France. 1911
Playing Polo, IndiaPlaying polo, India. circa 1890s
Centre Court, WimbledonOverhead view of the famous Centre Court at Wimbledon - the Lawn Tennis Championships being one of the highlights of the summer sporting calendar. Date: 1927
Autocar Poster -- Paris-Berlin raceAutocar Poster -- scene from the Paris-Berlin race, featuring a Mors No.4 car driven by Fournier, beating a Panhard car. Its average speed during the race was around 44 mph. 1901
Foretunate by William Heath RobinsonSome close shaves at St. Andrews. A golfer strikes a ball which, through incredible good luck, manages to miss everyone standing in its path
Railway Sleeper - Cardiff StationThe Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Welsh rugby fan at Cardiff Station, delighted that Wales beat France 23-11! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith circa 1960s
Hockey by John HassallA group of boys play a rather rough and violent game of hockey. Date: c.1910
Schoolboys in a gym at a school in PinnerA group of schoolboys leaping about in a gym at a school for children of commercial travellers in Pinner, Middlesex. Date: 1965
Winter Sports, by Cooks and Dean & DawsonA smiling lady in a colourful winter sports jumper, waving. A skier on the snow can be seen in the background. Date: 1955
Scene in an indoor swimming pool. 20th century
RMS Carpathia Football ClubMembers of the RMS Carpathia football club, each one wearing the Carpathia Medal awarded to those who helped rescue survivors of the Titanic shipwreck in April 1912. Date: 1912
Three boys playing football, Addison PlaceThree boys playing football in front of some garage doors in Addison Place, North Kensington, West London. Date: circa 1956
Advertisement for Arrow sport shirts: how to stay cool when the heat is on. Two men are so busy talking, they ve forgotten to keep an eye on the barbecue. 20th century
SkierIllustration depicting a woman wearing an elegant black ski costume and yellow gloves, wearing skis and holding ski poles. 1925
Winter Sports, Cooks World Travel ServiceCover illustration for Winter Sports, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an aerial view of three skiers in Alpine ski wear skiing down a snowy mountain. Date: 1949
Winter Sports in Switzerland, with Thomas CookCover illustration for Sunshine and Snow. Winter Sports in Switzerland, synopsis of arrangements made by Thomas Cook and Son, Ludgate Circus, London
Cricket by John HassallA group of young men play a game of cricket. Date: c.1910
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Football by John HassallA group of village boys indulge in the rough and tumble of an impromptu game of football. Date: 1910
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