Course Collection (page 14)

Fanning the Kipper game
A girl enjoying herself playing fanning the kipper whereby a fish fashioned from tissue is blown along a course using a fan

Grand National Course
Bird s-eye view of the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree in Liverpool, featuring photographs of recent winners from turn of the century

Golf - Miss Walker-Leigh Addressing her Ball
Miss Walker-Leigh Addressing her Ball at the South of Ireland Golf Championship at Lahinch

Beechers Brook
A horse and his rider take a tumble at the infamous Beechers Brook on the Grand National course at Aintree

Kinora camera advertisement
Advertisement for the Kinora, which, without lantern or screen shows " living" pictures taken with a hand camera and, according to the ad

Baby Elephant Aldin 1907
A baby elephant plays with a tiny pair of shoes, but of course they will never fit

White City Greyhound Racing Advertisement
Advert for White City greyhound racing stadium depicting four greyhounds zooming out of the traps and advertising the stadiums various amenities including ballroom, club lounge and luxurious dining

Aberdeen Terriers Chasing a Threepenny Bit
A cartoon by animal artist Leonard Brightwell, featuring Aberdeen terriers chasing an electric threepenny bit, a comment on the so-called miserly behaviour of all things Scottish

White City Greyhound Stadium Illuminated at Night
Aerial view of the illuminated course at White City Greyhound Stadium, regularly attracting a crowd of around 75, 000 spectators shortly after its opening in 1927

Greyhound stadium in London, 1936
A typical crowd at an unidentified greyhound stadium in London in 1936. During the 1930s, an average of 25 million people passed through the turnstiles of the fifty-two licensed tracks in Britain

The Only Way
A man who finds he is being mocked by his contemporaries after a day of golf. He secretly goes back on to the golf course at night to prove he can play and complete the course

Golfing Time by Rene Vincent
The Motor car as an adjunct to summer holiday sport, eliminating the drawback of distance from the scene of action: Golfing Time - the arrival on the links

Lost Ball by John Hassall
Illustration by John Hassall depicting a grumpy looking golfer searching for a lost ball in a rather stoney and sandy bunker, along with his caddy

A Lie by John Hassall
A puzzled and perplexed golfer is confounded by the lie of his ball at an awkward angle upon a rock on the green. Hes dropped his pipe

The cemetery and racecourse at Hong Kong
A view of the Hong Kong racecourse, in very close proximity to the cemetery: The races took place last week in the Happy Valley

A Striking Example
Cartoon, A Striking Example. The sort of thing that convinces one of the necessity of lightning conductors on a golf course. Playing in a storm you may get hit

Home Guard demonstration
During a Home Guard intensive training course at Osterley Park, in the west London suburbs, a car pulling a trailer, supposed to represent a tank

Accomplishments on the Mail Order System
A promising young studend of the Correspondence College for Skating taking the first course. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

Patent Applied For. A new invention discloses their whereabouts. a golfer looks for a lost ball while golfing. Please note

A scene inside a cafe
Flo: I say, do you believe that awful story about Doris? Elsie: Of course I do- which one? An illustration of two ladies catching up with the gossip inside a cafe

Family Golf at Burhill
Four members of the Worplesdon Golf Club - the Frame family seen taking part in a family foursomes tournament at Burnill near Walton-on-Thames

Worplesdon Golf Course
Page devoted to scenes of Worplesdon golf club during the 1960s

Gone Around / Holiday
A horse and jockey take a tumble at the water jump on the Grand National course at Aintree in Liverpool, showing that its any horses race

The Great Golf Question
Cartoon lampooning the flamboyant and outlandish golf fashions of the day. Golfers featured include James Braid, J.H. Taylor, George Duncan, Fred Robson, Archie

Visit to Stuttgart
Showing solidarity with a fellow-monarch, he and Eugenie visit the king of Wurttemberg at Stuttgart, where of course they are received in style

Charles VI at Bapaume
Charles VI arrives at Bapaume, in the course of the civil war with Burgundy : he lodges at a convent

Le The au Bois
Two fashionable ladies, appearing to be enjoying a gossip in a cafe and of course wearing the latest outfits from Paris

Louis IX being Just
Louis IX dispenses justice to his people : doing this kind of thing will in due course get him made a saint

Comte De Charolois
In the course of a dispute with the dukes of Burgundy, the effigy of the comte de Charolais is hanged at Dinant

Burgundians at Beauvais
In the course of the on-going struggle between the ducs de Bourgogne and the crown, Beauvais is besieged by battering Burgundians

Persian Ambassadors
The Persian general Mardonius sends delegates to negotiate with the Athenians, hoping to separate them from their Greek allies. But of course they refuse

BYRON DON JUAN
A dramatically romantic episode in the life of Don Juan - he is shipwrecked, and succoured by a pair of comely (of course) females

Emperor Visits - 3
Franz-Joseph, emperor of Austria, visits Nancy in the course of his tour de France

Clovis and the Vase
Remy, bishop of Reims, begs Clovis to restore the sacred vase pillaged by his troops in the course of fighting

Northumberland Built
The iron-clad screw-frigate Northumberland in the course of construction by the Millwall Ironworks and Ship- Building Company, on the Thames

The Conqueror in the Clipper Barge Match, September 1879
Engraving of The Conqueror rounding the West Oaze buoy in the Clipper Barge Match of the 18th September 1879, from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Torpedo-shell
A French soldier about to fire a torpedo-shell from a trench-gun. The winged shell kept a straight course and exploded laterally, causing widespread damage to its target

Bicycle Race at Lillie-Bridge, London, 1875
Engraving showing a race between G.P. Whiting (left) and G.N. Keith-Falconer, the best two amateur bicycle riders of the day, over a course of 25 miles at the Lillie-Bridge grounds, London

Riders in Hyde Park
Gentleman riders in Rotten Row, Hyde Park, stop for a chat, while a couple ride past - the lady, of course, riding side-saddle

Trovatore - 1
Manrico the troubadour serenades Leonora but is overheard by the Count di Luna who of course is also in love with Leonora

France Pierrfonds 3
The chateau de Pierrefonds, in la foret de Compiegne, Picardie, is visited by Napoleon III in the course of its restoration by Viollet-le-duc

Pilgrims Resting
Mecca pilgrims resting in the course of their journey

The Golfers Progress; or, Bunkered by an Aeroplane
Cartoon showing The Golfers Progress... ; from golf course to lake, to car, to train, to well, to plane; drawn as a tale in eleven chapters by Andre Helle

Commune Damage 8
The remains of the ponts d Asnieres, destroyed in the course of the fighting for the Commune

Police Cycle Proficiency
Metropolitan Police officer from the Road Safety Unit carrying out a cycling proficiency course for children on bicycles at a school

Japs Fighting Chinese
Japanese soldiers swim a river in the course of an attack on the Chinese lines

Jovial Judge, Winner of the 1926 Waterloo Cup
Photograph of the greyhound Jovial Judge, owned by Mr. J.L. Jarvis and trained by Mr. Denny Smith; the Winner of the 1926 Waterloo Cup

Boat of Tartary 1787
Boat of Tchoka, Tartary, observed by La Perouse in the course of his famous voyage

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