Contests Collection

Olympics / 1932 / Fencing
Fencing: Piller (Hungary) defeats Gaudini (Italy) in sabres

Olympics / 1932 / Hockey
Hockey: India beats USA by 24 to 1

Miss Dowson, Angler
Miss M. S. Dowson won the ladies competition in a fly and bait casting tournament held at Norwood in London. Date: 1931

Stills from The Beauty Prize
The Beauty Prize (here captioned as The Beauty Contest') was a silent film from 1924, now lost. It starred Viola Dana (1897-1987). Date: 1924

Glider Aircraft at National Gliding Contests, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, July 1938 Date: 1938

Advertisement for the Dublin Horse Show, August 1937
Advertisement for the Dublin Horse Show, 3-7 August 1937, with military and civil horse jumping contests. Date: 1937

Maya Civilization. Ball game
Maya Civilization. Mesoamerican ballgame. Litography

Beautiful Legs Contest
A group of young women competing in a contest to decide which of them has the most beautiful legs, the prize being a pair of silk stockings! Date: early 1930s

Olympics / 1932 / Cycling
Cycling: British team, placed 3rd: Holland, Southall, Harwell and Johnson

Miss Russia / Cig 1931
Winner of the Miss Russia competition, 1931. Date: 1931

Woodgo Eats Pancakes
During a pancake eating contest, Oliver Woodgo of Hell Gate, Montreal, eats 156 pancakes to win. Date: 1886

Olympics / 1932 / Fencing
Fencing: Helene Mayer (Germany) placed 5th Date: 1932

Beauty Contest / 1888
The first recorded beauty contest held at Spa, Belgium Date: 1888

Opening Ceremony of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games
The inauguration of the athletic contests at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, with part of the huge stadium with stands filled shown, and athletes lining up in the centre. Date: 1932

CLARA OLA, MISS SPAIN
Clara Ola, beauty queen and Miss Spain, having her sash adjusted by her attendant. Date: early 1930s

Brazilian Beauty Queen
A camera woman films a close- up of the winner of a beauty contest held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America. Date: 1930s

Capri Fruit Queen
The beautiful Miss Rosa Manelli has been elected the Queen of Oranges and Lemons on the equally beautiful island of Capri, Mediterranean, Italy. Date: 17 July 1933

1950s Beauty Contest
Beauty contest, Miami, Florida, USA, 1954 Date: 1950s

Beauty Contest 1929
The forty-four contestants in the Miss World competition at Galveston, Texas. Date: 1929

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

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

Philemon, Playwright
PHILEMON Athenian comic poet and playwright, author of 97 works which were evidently extremely popular as he frequently won contests over his rivals

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

Football Match at Oval
Old Etonians defeat Blackburn Rovers in the final tie of the Challenge Cup contests at Kennington Oval, London

Olympics / 1936 / Cycling
Cycling: Toni Menkens (Germany) poses with his bicycle

Olympics / 1932 / Wrestling
Wrestling: J Ried (Great Britain) beats Zervinis (Greece) in bantamweight

Olympics / 1932 / Wrestling
Wrestling: Foldeak (Germany) beats Jensen (Denmark)

Torino Dance Marathon
At Torino, police call a halt to a dance marathon, described as una stolta gara - a foolish competition

Miss England 1932
The lovely Gwen Stallard, Miss England, 1932

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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