Ball Collection (page 28)

Street Music: a gutter-ball 1896
An organ grinder finds an appreciative audience of dancing street children. Date: 1896

Diana Bethell and Richard Blow
Society beauty, Diana Hermione Bethell, and her fiance, Richard Blow at the Berkeley Hunt Ball in 1939. Date: 1939

People playing tennis, India. Date: circa 1890s

The Ballroom at the May Fair Hotel
The magnificent ballroom at the newly opened May Fair Hotel, showing the crowded dancefloor. The room was decorated in a French Empire style, with a coved ceiling painted in rainbow hues. Date: 1927

Convalescing soldiers and WaCs, Western Front, WW1
Convalescing soldiers and WaCs playing basketball near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

The Player Who Realised He Had Made a Mistake
Humorous illustration by Fitz, visualising that awful feeling - waiting for it as a tennis player regrets his ill-judged lob against his opponent who leaps up to smash the ball and win a point

Crash on the dancefloor
Two girls crash into each other on a dancefloor and exclaim, Why does a girl have to dance backwards?. Date: 1955

The new game of push ball
A new game introduced from America played at Headingley, Leeds, involving the pushing and rolling of a huge ball measuring 18 feet in circumference and with rules similar to football

A Society ball in a London mansion during the Season
An impression of one of the many formal Society balls in a big London mansion during the Season showing an ambassador approaching two ladies (possibly with his dance card)

A breath of air on the balcony at a London ball
A couple in evening dress take a moment to enjoy some fresh air by an open window or balcony, during a ball at one of the great London mansions at the height of the London Season. 1930

The Gala of the Ton, Carlton House Terrace during the Season
A huge house on Carlton House Terrace, ablaze with lights during the London Season. Elegant guests at a ball or party can be seen arriving by car, while up on the verandah or portico

Debutantes at Queen Charlottes Ball
All in white with scarlet satin hearts around their necks (a gift from Schiaparelli), debutantes at the Queen Charlottes Ball of 1939. Date: 1939

Dancing to Tommy Kinsmans band at Quaglino s
A ball during the 1959 London Season held at Quaglinos in aid of the National Playing Fields Association and Surrey County Cricketers

Duchess of Gloucester cuts cake, Queen Charlottes Ball
The Duchess of Gloucester (1901 -2004) cutting the giant cake holding 194 electric candles representing the number of years since the birth of Queen Charlotte at the ball named after her

Guests arrive at a ball during the London Season, 1886
Hundreds of guests ascend the stately staircase of a large hall inside a London mansion to attend a ball or reception during the London Season. Date: 1886

Little boy in yellow dressing gown by Muriel Dawson
A little boy in a yellow dressing gown carrying his Christmas stocking, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1930s

Small boy standing on chaise-longue
Young boy holding a ball, stands on a chaise longue. Date: c. 1910

The Debutantes Birthday Ball - Queen Charlotte s
Scenes at Grosvenor House for Queen Charlottes Ball, the pinnacle of the Season for a debutante by the 1950s, showing the girls arriving in their white dresses

Fancy Dress Ball - Winter Palace
An early 20th century fancy dress ball held at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia. Date: 1910s

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

Tsar Nicholas II Playing Tennis
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia enjoying a game of Tennis in Kvasnoe Selonear Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Date: circa 1900

Music cover, The Piccolomini Waltz, from Verdis opera La Traviata, as performed at Almacks and the Court Balls. Marietta Piccolomini (1834-1899)

Fruit Label -- Jose MaColl, Valencia oranges
Fruit Label -- special oranges from Jose MaColl of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain. Depicting three men playing football with a large orange. Date: 20th century

Nursery Rhymes -- boy with slate, mice with cheese
Nursery 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. Date: early 20th century

Group of people at a ball
Harlequin illustration, showing a group of people at a ball. Date: 1923

Harlequin dancing at the ball
Harlequin illustration, showing Harlequin dancing at the ball. Date: 1923

Ticket to a regimental ball, Royal Assembly Rooms
Ticket in white, blue and gold design, to a regimental ball for B Company at the Royal Assembly Rooms on 9 April 1890, with the handwritten name of E Guilford. Date: April 1890

Business card design, woman playing tennis
Business card design, depicting a woman playing tennis. Date: 20th century

Business card design, children with toys
Business card design, depicting two children looking down at a doll and some toys. Date: 20th century

Four women in swimsuits, sitting on rocks with a beach ball floating on a pool of water

Four children gazing through shop window
Four children gazing through a toy shop window

Fancy dress ball in Bangalore
British soldiers dressed up for a fancy dress ball in Bangalore, India, in 1914. Costumes include a vicar, a jockey, and a rather Dutch-looking baker and dairymaid. Date: 1914

Arrival of the royal party at the Devonshire House ball
Arrival of the royal party, including the Prince and Princess of Wales (the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) at the Devonshire House historical costume ball

Nursery Rhymes -- baby and drummer, lion
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations. Above -- a royal baby in a cradle is entertained by a drummer. Below -- an old lion lies on the ground. Date: early 20th century

Carnival float, The Typists Dream, showing young women in holiday attire, as if on a beach, rather than sitting in an office typing

Advert for Asprey hand bags & clutches 1928
A wide variety of hand bags and clutches, available from Asprey of Bond Street. 1928

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1885
The state ball in the drawing room at Dublin Castle, in honour of the royal visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales, later King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra of Great Britain. Date: April 1885

Peace Conference
To celebrate the peace conference, a state ball is held ats Hertogenbosch. Date: 1686

Dancers Admirers
Premieres danseuses and their admirers in the Green Room of the Opera House (Kings Theatre), London - the Earl of Fife, Ball Hughes, Prince Esterhazy and Lord Petersham. Date: 1822

All-Weather Golf
A woman golfer being taught how to hit the ball properly at Milbury Court all weather indoor golf club. Date: early 1930s

Scouts Playing Football
A group of boy scouts have a kick about on a dusty patch of wasteland. Scout playing ball Date: mid 1960s

Winter Beach Ball Game
Three girls in bathing costumes brave the winter snow to have a ball game on Margate beach, Kent, England. Date: early 1930s

Ball Games 1930S
Three strapping German girls playing ball in an open space in the snow, Berlin, Germany. Date: early 1930s

Nell St John Montague
Nell St. John Montague, clairvoyant. early 1930s

French Riviera 1930S
The bright young things of the French Riviera beach scene. Date: early 1930s

Frances Irby - 2
FRANCES IRBY (nee Wright) second wife of Frederick Paul Irby, naval officer - in a ball dress with extravagantly fashionable sleeves. Date: ? - 1852

Japan - Geisha girl holding a badminton racquet (about to hit a ball) Date: circa 1904

Japanese - Geisha Girls - Studio Photograph
Japanese - Geisha Girl about to pat back a soft ball - Studio Photograph Date: circa 1906

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