Diabolo Collection

Louis Wain Postcard - Diabolo
A cat playing with a wooden Diabolo toy gets hit in the eye! Date: 1907

Costume / Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux

A young fashionable man shows a girl how to play with a Diabolo (Chinese yo-yo). Expertise on the Diabolo is now indispensable

Alfred Hugh Fisher, Vignettes of Empire XXVI. Shanghai. The original of diabolo: Chinese children playing the ancient game Date: 1914

The New Drill - Smart performer with a Diabolo - In the USA the fad for the toy ran from circa 1905 to 1910 (caricatures of public figures with the toy made it to newspapers)

Diabolo Man - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Diabolo Man - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Woman in dress of printed linen playing diabolo, 1913
Woman in dress of printed linen playing a game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo. Robe de linon imprime

Woman in afternoon outfit leaning on a column, 1913
Woman in afternoon outfit of long skirt with floral border, floral jacket with lace trim, leaning on a column. Toilette d apres-midi

How to play the game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo, 1814. Guide to tricks with the diabolo on a picture held by a horned demon

Old and young playing the game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo in a park, early 19th century

Elegant people playing diabolo and cup
Elegant people playing Chinese yo-yo (diabolo) and cup and ball (bilboquet) in a garden, 19th century

Music cover, Diabolo Lancers, arranged by Florence Fare

Costume - Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817

Diabolo Girls - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Diabolo Girls - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold Thiele
Composite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany

Budapest Girl Playing
A girl in Budapest plays at the side of the road with her diabolo Date: circa 1910

Diabolo on Hampstead Heath, 1907
Women playing diabolo at the height of the craze in 1907, helped by some heron on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1907

Little boy playing with his toys
A little boy playing with his toys and riding a hobby horse

Diabolo Revival
This young woman, working in a toy shop, shows off many boxes of the game Diabolo, a craze sweeping through the nation. Date: early 1930s

Diabolo lesson (19th c. ). Etching. FRANCE. Paris
Diabolo lesson (19th c.). Etching. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

How the diabolo can I keep this going till nomination day?

Silhouette of a family group
A charming silhouette of a family group a mother and father surrounded by their six children

Little girl playing with her diabolo. early 20th century

Illustration entitled Lanterne Magique
Illustration entitled " Lanterne Magique" showing many silhouetted images of magic by Michel Delaporte, 1832. HPF/5C/0"

Playing Diabolo while the motor gets mended 1907
Photograph showing ladies playing Diabolo whilst the car is mended. Motorists on the continent carry a set with them to pass the time in event of breakdown

Diabolo Game in Garden
Games of diabolo taking place in the garden of a grand country house

Girl Throws Diabolo
A girl plays with a diabolo: the diabolo thrown into the air

Girl with Diabolo
A girl plays with a diabolo: the diabolo on the string

Boy Plays Diabolo / 1905
A French boy demonstrates his skill at diabolo

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