Athletic Collection (page 6)

India - Pune (Poona) - The Gymkhana (a public place for athletic games - " a ball house" is the direct translation from the Hindi) Date: circa 1907

Medal, Derby Schools Athletic Association
Medal of the Derby Schools Athletic Association, awarded to K. W. Watson for first prize in the Bromham Shield. Featuring the Derby emblem of a deer in a park at the centre. Date: 1923

Chicago Michigan Ave
An almost incomparable group of thoroughly modern buildings - Peoples Gas bldg, Lake View bldg, Illinois Athletic Club, Monroe bldg and the University Club. Date: 1916

Jumping Athlete
A female German athlete striking an artistic pose as she leaps in the air above some sand dunes! Date: early 1930s

Flying Skier
An athletic skier flies through the air! Date: 1930s

TEXAS SKI JUMP
Called after the name of the inventor, the Texas is one of the most spectacular of ski jumps! Date: 1930s

Jumping Skier 1930S
An athletic skier jumping and surfing through the snow. Date: early 1930s

Man leaping into the air
An athletic man leaping high into the air. circa 1940s

Scout leading Britain at the 1948 London Olympics
Scout holding the Great Britain sign in front of the British atheletic contingent to the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Scout leading Greece procession at Olympics
Scout holding the Greece sign in front of the Greek atheletic contingent to the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Scout leading Australia at 1948 London Olympics
Scout holding the Australian sign in front of the Australian athletic contingent to the 1948 London Olympics at Wembley Stadium. 1948

Morocco - High Jump Competition
French Troops based in Morocco take part in an athletics competition. This card shows the high jump (from a standing start) competition in full flow

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856

High jump, Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
An athlete preparing for the high jump at the Haverfordwest Show, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. Two men stand at either end of the jump to check his performance

Highland sports at the meeting of the Celtic Society, Glasgow
The meeting of the Celtic Society on College-Green, Glasgow, whose object is the preservation of the language, literature, music, poetry, dress and athletic games of the Highlands of Scotland

Czech Republic - 7th All Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Promoting Sokol Rally 1920s
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Cossack riding a horse, Zaporozhye, Ukraine
A Cossack in traditional costume riding a horse with athletic skill during a show, Khortytsaya Island, Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Boys Club gym class group photograph 1933
An formal gym class group photograph featuring 24 boys from a Boys Club of 1933, standing and sitting outside, with their club leader standing proudly to the right

Boys Club gym class group photograph 1930
An informal gym class group photograph featuring 23 boys from a Boys Club of 1930, sitting on gym equipment and smiling for the camera

Boys Club gym class group photograph 1937
An formal gym class group photograph featuring 15 boys from a Boys Club of 1937, standing and sitting outside

Boys Club gym class group photograph July 1934
An formal gym class group photograph featuring 25 boys from a Boys Club of 1933, standing and sitting outside, with their club leader standing proudly to the right

Boys Club gym class group photograph 1934
An informal gym class group photograph featuring 32 boys from a Boys Club of 1934, sitting on gym equipment and smiling for the camera

Maze Hill Boys Club gym class group photograph 1922
An formal gym class group photograph featuring 25 boys from the Maze Hill Boys Club of 1922, standing and sitting outside

London Central YMCA Gymnasium
The London Central YMCA Gymnasium with a wide variety of athletic training and gymnastic apparatus

Eltham House Harriers in West Norwood, London, 1887
Engraving showing two views of West Norwood, London, an area familiar with the Eltham House Harriers athletic or running club, 1887

The New Zealand Amateur Athletic Team, 1890
Photograph showing the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Team which competed at the Australasian Championship Meeting in Sydney, May 1890. The men shown are (left to right): J.H. Hempton; F.C. White; H.M

Beach Games
A young couple throwing a ball to one another on the beach at Cliftonville, England

Athletic Outfits C19
Different athletic outfits on be worn for different races; paper chase, flat race and one mile chase costumes are seen here

Trapeze Man / Music Sheet
The legendary man on the flying trapeze: except for the fact that hes safely on the ground in this picture

Twisting the Night Away
Dance floor fashions include winklepickers, suits and liberal amounts of brilliantine, bouffants, stilettos, chain belts & abstract print frocks

Florida Athletics
Athletic and gymnastic feats of the natives of Florida, as recorded by the visiting Europeans

French cross-country race at Saint Cloud
A French national cross-country race at Saint-Cloud -- Never has one seen a grander sporting spectacle than these 309 runners - solid chaps with bulging muscles

Ice skating scene
An ice skating scene, with an athletic male skater in the foreground, a couple further back, and a non-skating man with his non-skating dog

Boy on stilts
A boy on stilts smiles out at the reader

Putting the Shot, 1875
Putting the weight, or shot, at the Universities Athletic Sports, held at West Brompton

Selective Breeding
Winners of a contest for selective breeding, matching brains with beauty, the academic with the athletic

Vigorous Underwear
Underwear for Vigorous Men ! You re a Real Man when you wear an Aertex Athletic Vest and Elastic Waisted Trunks, (not requiring braces.)

Red Bathing Costume 1930
Girl in a red swimsuit & bathing cap dives in the water

Womens hurdles at Monte Carlo
The annual womens athletics meeting at Monte Carlo -- a hurdle race, with a French contestant in the lead

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