Ball Collection (page 20)

Men playing with a ball in heavy surf

The Medicine Ball by David Ghilchik
A fashionable 1930s couple dressed in swimsuits partake in a wholesome exercise game with a medicine ball but with unfortunate consequences. Date: 1932

Society at a costume ball, 1912
Society in fancy dress at a costume ball held at the Savoy Hotel on 23 May 1912. Photographed at a time of great popularity for fancy dress balls

Fancy dress costumes at the Artists Fancy Dress ball
The Bystander magazine passes comment on the various fancy dress costumes seen at the Artists Fancy Dress ball at the Albert Hall in February 1911

Fancy dress costumes at the Picture Ball
A page from The Sketch showing the variety of fancy dress costumes worn at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalid Kitchens of London

Lady Diana Manners as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Lady Diana Manners (later Cooper) dressed as an Etruscan figure at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalids Kitchens of London

Miss Marjorie Bagot as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Miss Marjorie Bagot dressed as one of the figures from an Etruscan frieze, one of a number of costumes on artistic themes

Teddy bear playing croquet. Date: circa 1900s

The Chelsea Arts Club Costume Ball at the Albert Hall, 1912
The Chelsea Arts Club costume ball at the Albert Hall: resting between the dances. Date: 1912

Boys with flag and football, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Six boys standing against a wall with a flag and a football, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969

Freedom R. A. F. Ball, guests - 1963
A ball to celebrate the granting of the Freedom of Boston (Lincolnshire) to the RAF Station at Coningsby. Guests - Mrs David Matthews

Grosvenor Ball, 1954 - guests
The third annual Grosvenor Ball at Londonderry House, on Park Lane in Mayfair, London. (The building was demolished in 1965.) Guests Mrs R M Hicks, wearing a beautiful tiered ballgown

Couple at the Cambridge Uni Conservative ball
A couple - Miss Colette Hinedson and Mr Leslie Thornton-Wallis - dancing the samba (apparently!) at the Cambridge University Conservative Association Ball. Date: 1949

HMS Marlborough - Quarter Deck dressed for Officers Ball. HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Susi - rain stops play. 1950s

King, the football-playing stallion
King the football-playing stallion was bought by Essex farmer Bill Foyle from a Midlands slaughter market in 1963 for 35. Bill soon discovered that the seven-year-old enjoyed a game of football

Illustration, lady in a garden
Illustration, a lady in a garden asks a little girl if she would like her ball back. Date: 1895

Canadian Pacific cruise passenger playing golf, Egypt
Canadian Pacific cruise passenger from the Empress of Australia cruise liner, about to drive a golf ball from the top of the Great Pyramid, near Cairo, Egypt. Date: 1929

Canadian Pacific Third Class Nursery
Canadian Pacific is the only combined Steamship and Rail route -- a Third Class Nursery. Special care is taken of children. Date: circa 1930s

Fantastic Adventures - Goddess of Fire
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1941, featuring the story Goddess of Fire by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Young pretty woman with torch

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Run Out
Run-It-Out card game - Run Out - Hows That? mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - Caught
Run-It-Out card game - Caught. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, red
Run-It-Out card game - card back, red. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue
Run-It-Out card game - card back, blue. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - 4 Runs
Run-It-Out card game - 4 Runs. mid-20th century

Cricket - Run-It-Out card game - 2 Runs
Run-It-Out card game - 2 Runs. mid-20th century

Happy Families Animals - Miss Seal. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Miss Lion. circa 1940s

Happy Families Animals - Master Elephant. circa 1940s

Happy Families - Mrs Teacher. circa 1940s

Chile. Cineca game. French engraving. Color
South America. Chile. Cineca game. Indians playing with curved sticks. French engraving. 19th century. Color

Projectile. Cannonballs. Modern Age. Artillery. 16th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia

Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo. Rome
Italy. Rome. Catapult and ammunition. Castel Sant Angelo

Mask. Jugend Magazine, 1898. Germany
Mask. Jugendstil. Drawing from Jugend Magazine, 1898. Germany

Church of Saint Vincent of Sarria. Frescoes
Church of Saint Vincent of Sarria. Built by Jose Mas Dordal. 18th century. Interior. Fresco depicting God Father. Barcelona. Spain

The Rise of Civilization by Richard Westmacott (1775-1856). 1852. Pediment of the British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Shepherd spinning wool. 15th century

Myanmar - Boys playing football - Yangon (Rangoon)
Myanmar - Boys (and young boy monks) playing football - Yangon (Rangoon) Date: circa 1910s

Ball at Singapore, 1854
A ball at Singapore, in celebration of the anniversary of the settlement, is given by the Governor, Colonel William Butterworth, 1854. Date: 1854

Group photo, SR Colmar football team
Group photo, SR (Sports Reunis) Colmar football team, Alsace, eastern France, founded 1919. Date: 1930s

Group photo, CA de Paris football team
Group photo, CA (Cercle Athletique) de Paris football team, founded 1896. 1928

Group photo, CF Paris football team
Group photo, CF (Club Francais) Paris football team, founded 1890, seen here celebrating their 25th anniversary. Date: 1915

Advertisement for Felco products. 1946

Victorian scrap - girl and dog with ball. 19th century

Cartoon, John Bull and Disraeli
Cartoon, A Dangerous Performance. Benjamin Disraeli fires a Foreign Policy cannon ball at John Bull. 1880

Paris Ball - Bal Mobile. mid-19th century

Paris Ball - Bal d Asnieres. mid-19th century

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Back the Footballers Son. circa 1930s

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