Contest Collection (page 5)

Sumo wrestling
A sumo wrestling contest taking place in Japan, watched by a large crowd of spectators

Beauty Contest 1956
A beauty contest in Cliftonville, near Margate, Kent

Beauty Contest 1956
A beauty contest in Cliftonville, near Margate, Kent. Date: 1956

Wilhelm II Toboggan 1910
A brochure design for the Kaiser Wilhelm II toboggan contest at Davos, Switzerland

Ski Jumps at Piedmonte
A contest at Limone Piedmonte, Italy

Naval Battle of Genova
The contest between France and the Empire for Italy is conducted at sea as well as on land : at Genova (Genoa) the French win a duel of galleys with a Spanish vessel

Balloon Contest 1880
Airborne over central London - participants in the contest held by the Balloon Society of Great Britain

Muses and Magpies
The Muses are challenged by the nine daughters of Pieros to a singing contest; but the talentless females are sadly out-sung and are turned into magpies for their presumption

German Medieval Archery
A procession accompanies an archery contest in Germany

Table Mountains Cloud
Table Mountain, South Africa, is rarely without a tablecloth of cloud which is said to have been created when Dutch settler Van Hunks had a smoking contest with the Devil

Beer-Drinking Contest
A brasserie on the Paris boulevards offers a prize to whoever can most rapidly drink a litre of beer through a straw

Cliftonville Beauties
Local girls line up during a beauty contest at Cliftonville Lido, all hoping to be judged the fairest girl in town

Ploughing Contest 1950S
Judging the ploughing contest at the mid-Sussex Agricultural Associations Show - W J Rowell in cap, T Limbrick in hat, P A Snodgrass bareheaded

Magic Versus Sanctity
A magical contest between Simon Magus, representing magic, and the saints Peter and Paul : the saints won, of course, so Simon converted to Christianity

Sayers Gets the Belt
Tom " Little Wonder" Sayers and John " Benicia Boy" Heenan both receive belts after their epic 37 round contest ended in a draw

Putting the Shot, 1867
Oxford and Cambridge athletes compete at Beaufort House, Walham Green : Cambridge won the PUTTING THE WEIGHT (or SHOT)contest

Marsyas and Apollo
The satyr Marsyas reckons hes a better flautist than Apollo, but after he loses a contest, Apollo flays him alive : nymphs mourning him make a river with their tears

Ploughing Match 1843
A ploughing contest at Mr Whites farm, Mickleover - the Quantock Hills are in the distance

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig5
Act three, scene five : the shooting contest - the magic bullet is guided by the devil to Caspar, not the dove that Max is aiming at

Weber / Freischutz / Liebig1
Act one, scene one : the peasant Kilian has defeated the forester Max in a shooting contest : Max is in despair !

Gordon Bennett 1904
GORDON-BENNETT CUP Thery wins the French eliminating contest

Pisa Bridge Game / C18Th
PISA : the long-ago defeat of the Saracens is celebrated by two groups of warriors who battle it out on a bridge over the Arno

Schneider Trophy 1923
The 1923 contest, at Cowes, England, is won by American aviator D Rittenhouse, flying a Curtiss CR-3 at an average speed of 285 km/hour

C16 German Athletics
Activities in progress at a German medieval athletics contest include wrestling and stone throwing

Winning Singer Crowned
The winning performer in a singing contest is crowned with a laurel wreath by the goddess of Victory

Archery Contest 1583
An archery contest takes place in London during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

Ladies Shooting Contest
A woman takes aim in a ladies shooting contest held in Malta. She perches on a stool, beautifully dressed in the latest fashions, to take her shot

Smoking Contest
Table Mountain, South Africa, is rarely without a tablecloth of cloud which is said to have been created when Dutch settler Van Hunks had a smoking contest with the Devil

Speed Contest 1897
The start of a speed contest at the Velodrome de la Seine, Paris - a gent in a top hat gives the starting signal

Elegant People / Dogs / Cars
A contest of elegance. Well dressed ladies and gentlemen with their smart dogs and smarter cars

The War-Skills Contest
A war-skills contest is arranged for the Kauravas and Pandavas : the rivalries displayed by the princes will subsequently lead to war

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

Menalcas & Damaetas
Palaemon asks to judge the song contest between Menalcas and Damaetas

Song Contest / Virgil
Thyrsis and Corydon gather their flock as they start a song contest under a tree

Bayard at Garigliano 2
BAYARD AT GARIGLIANO During contest between France and Aragon for the kingdom of Naples, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, defends the bridge of Garigliano

Sport / Unconventional
THE ROPED-HEAD GAME A Bavarian contest, in which two men seek each to pull the other with the rope which links both their necks

Sport / Swimming
A swimming contest at the Bath Club, London : the quarter- mile race for His Majestys Cup, watched by the King & Queen and a fashionable crowd

Beauty Contest
From 15 finalists, Mlle Jacqueline Weiss is selected la plus jolie blonde de Paris at a contest staged in the Champs Elysees

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