Amateur Collection (page 2)

Chinese magnolia or dwarf magnolia, Magnolia nana
La Janssin. Chinese magnolia or dwarf magnolia, Magnolia nana. Named for le Chevalier de Gencin, amateur botanist. Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Collection precieuse et enluminee des

The Amateur Gardeners Dream

The Amateur by Lewis Baumer

W J Gilroy, amateur footballer. 1890s

Middlesbrough FC Team, holders of the Football Association Amateur Championship Cup, 1894-5: Gettins, Wilson, Cooper, Piercy, Murphy, Nelmes, Morren, Bach, Allport, Johnson, Mullen. 1890s

Amateur treasure hunters tomb raiding at the Isthmus of Corinth. Date: 1877

Buying Team Souvenirs Date: 1948

Family at Football Game Date: 1954

Rose Bowl. Pasadena. Date: 1946

Texas Christian Stadium Date: 1945

Dyche Stadium. Evanston. Date: 1935

Player Out at Home Date: 1936

White Sox Ball Grounds

College Baseball Stands Date: 1889

Early Baseball Date: 1875

Old Harvard Football Date: 1876

Batter and Catcher

Baseball Overseas Date: 1884

Football Stadium Date: 1941

Diving Tackle Date: 1930

Prince Albert - his tutor Mr Hansell - Lord Desborough
Prince Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) (later King George VI) - his tutor Mr H. P. Hansell - William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough (1855-1945)

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 13. Roger Wethered
This famous amateur is seen here playing one of the most difficult shots of the game, recovering from heather. His short follow through and the lowness of his club during this shot are noticeable

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 6. Major C. O. Hezlet
Major Hezlet won the Irish Amateur Golf Championship in 1926, and is famous for his very wide stance. He is seen here striding the course like a Colossus. Date: 1928

Famous Golfers Caught In The Act. No. 18. Thomas Philip Perk
Who recently won the Amateur Championship. He has the true golf swing, compact, powerful, rhythmic and spontaneous, and is undoubtedly the best young amateur golfer who has appeared since Wethered

GAME / ACTING RED RIDING
A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends Date: 1880

A PHOTOGRAPH EXPEDITION
Amateur photographers liked to go on expeditions, comparing notes : here, photographers look for picturesque subjects in Shanklin Chine, on the Isle of Wight Date: circa 1895

The Christmas Waits 1848
Town waits, playing their musical instruments while people are standing around listening. From medieval times up to the early 19th century

AMATEUR SCIENTISTS
AMATEUR NATURALISTS A French family at the seaside explore the beach for interesting specimens Date: circa 1855

Amateur Astronomers in 17th century France
A gathering of amateur astronomers in 17th century France Date: 17th century

Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals
Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray

The Rising Generation, Pier Theatre, Herne Bay, Kent
The Rising Generation, a three-act comedy by Wyn Weaver and Laura Leycester, at the Pier Theatre, Herne Bay, Kent, by the Marlborough Amateur Dramatic Society. 1925

The Private theatre at Anglesey Castle
Interior of the Gaiety Theatre at Anglesey Castle where the eccentric Henry Paget, 5th Marquis of Anglesey, in the role of actor-manager, put on pantomimes and plays with lavish expenditure

Cloth cap pensioner with violin
An elderly man wearing a cloth cap plays his violin in the front room of his small house in Stoke on Treet, Staffordshire. Image first appeared in The Daily Telegraph Date: circa 1986

The Hon. Richard Lygon, the son of Earl Beauchamp, pictured in goal in a match against Malvern having signed amateur forms to play for Worcester City. Date: 1937

Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA Sports event
Liverpool - Jops Cymro Group - aA (Amateur Athletics Association) Sports event in 1911 in Liverpool. Officials and competitors. Date: 1911

Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review
A (sadly unnamed) Amateur theatrical Company presenting a historical review, operetta or pageant - the characters/roles represented include a medieval jester, an executioner

Jakob Koch (1871 - 1918), German amateur wrestler. Date: 1905

Dickens transforms school room to theatre in Tavistock House
The novelist, Charles Dickens pictured reading from one of his scripts in the large schoolroom at his home in Tavistock Square, London

Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter in Tutankamens Tomb, Egypt
Photograph showing George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, looking into the Gilded Sanctuary Room of Tutankhamens tomb, as Howard Carter looks back towards the photographer in the main outer

Halleys Comet over Hampstead Heath, London, May 1910
Star-gazers watch Halleys Comet near the Flagstaff on Hampstead Heath, London, May 1910. Date: 1910

Henry Doubleday Photo
HENRY DOUBLEDAY Entomologist, ornothologist, grocer, ironmonger & insurance agent, noted for his work on the systematics of Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths) Date: 1808-1875

Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, art exhibition
Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870 - 1948), daughter of Princess Helena & Prince Christian, grandaughter of Queen Victoria

Billiard player J. Graham Symes in khaki, WW1
The amateur billiard champion, Lieutenant J. Graham Symes with his opponent Mr E. S. Bourne, who he beat to retain his title at Ormes Hall in February 1918. Date: 1918

Debutante dress show 1939
Society girls as amateur mannequins at Dorothy Laws dress show in March 1939. From left to right, the group shows Miss Anne Nettlefold, Miss Joan O Malley, Miss Muriel Cunningham, Miss Pamela Stokes

London Fire Brigade - Alfie Shawyer, Boxing Champion
During the 1930s and 1940s, Assistant Chief Officer Alfie S. Shawyer was a prominent figure in boxing, becoming British Amateur Champion and winning the Golden Gloves of America

The results of getting married
Beautiful postcard by Lance Thackeray entitled Amateur Gardening - A Labour of Love. A handsome gent pushes his lovely wife around their walled garden in a green wooden wheelbarrow

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

M Hugh Stanbrough, England Amateur Football International player. 1890s

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