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Game Collection (page 10)

Background imageGame Collection: Men playing Skittles inside in the East End, London pub. Date: 1903

Men playing Skittles inside in the East End, London pub. Date: 1903

Background imageGame Collection: Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game

Fantastic Adventures - Death plays a game
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1941, featuring the story Death plays a game by David V. Reed. A alien is holding a futuristic gun which is directed at a blue suited terrified looking man

Background imageGame Collection: Roman Art. Board game. Cube and bone dice. National Museum o

Roman Art. Board game. Cube and bone dice. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida. Spain

Background imageGame Collection: Snap Playing Card - Roman soldier or gladiator

Snap Playing Card - Roman soldier or gladiator with shield. circa 1910s

Background imageGame Collection: Oxford anti-apartheid demo

Oxford anti-apartheid demo
Student demonstrators stand outside Oxford cricket ground to protest against the South African Touring team's upcoming game against the university

Background imageGame Collection: Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's

Anti-apartheid demo at Lord's
A street full of people outside Lord's cricket ground on the first day on the England v South Africa Second Test Match

Background imageGame Collection: Two women playing Diabolo in France while a mechanic fixes their car. Date: 1907

Two women playing Diabolo in France while a mechanic fixes their car. Date: 1907

Background imageGame Collection: Nigel Short, champion British chess player and Grandmaster

Nigel Short, champion British chess player and Grandmaster
Nigel David Short (b 1965), champion British chess player who became a Grandmaster at the age of 19. He was a chess prodigy, first attracting media attention at the age of 10. Date: circa 1970s

Background imageGame Collection: Gambling Room at Monte Carlo 1908

Gambling Room at Monte Carlo 1908
Casino tables at Monte Carlo, people playing on the roulette wheel. Date: 1908

Background imageGame Collection: Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia playing billiards in 1907 at

Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia playing billiards in 1907 at their home, the Villa Hvidore near Copenhagen. Date: 1907

Background imageGame Collection: American Indians. Half -breed Indian hunter

American Indians. Half -breed Indian hunter
Portrait of a native American hunter in the Rocky Mountains, holding a long barrel rifle and carrying an assortment of dead animals, rabbit and game birds. Date: 1874

Background imageGame Collection: Interior of Leadenhall Market, covered market. Chief market for poultry and game

Interior of Leadenhall Market, covered market. Chief market for poultry and game, located in located on Gracechurch Street, London. Date: late 1890s

Background imageGame Collection: Native American Indians Playing Lacrosse

Native American Indians Playing Lacrosse
Lacrosse was first seen by Europeans when the French, under Charlevoix explored the Indigenous peoples of the United States

Background imageGame Collection: GAME : BOOMAN

GAME : BOOMAN
All form a circle : the one chosen to be Booman lies down in the middle and pretends to be dead, the others mime mourning, burial and grave decoration. Cheerful ! Date: 1900

Background imageGame Collection: Girls looking at a stall at Looe fair, Cornwall Date: 1930s

Girls looking at a stall at Looe fair, Cornwall Date: 1930s

Background imageGame Collection: Old English game spangled bantams (Gallus species) Date: 1912

Old English game spangled bantams (Gallus species) Date: 1912

Background imageGame Collection: LIFE-IN-DEATH WINS

LIFE-IN-DEATH WINS
Life-in-Death dices with Death himself to decide the fate of the sailors; Life-in-Death wins the Mariner alone The game is done! I've won, I've won! Date: First published: 1798

Background imageGame Collection: A customer plays an automatic bridge-playing slot machine Date: circa 1937

A customer plays an automatic bridge-playing slot machine Date: circa 1937

Background imageGame Collection: AERIAL DOGFIGHT

AERIAL DOGFIGHT
A deadly game of life and death is played out over Europe as a Bristol flies against Fokker D.VIIs Date: 1918

Background imageGame Collection: HYACINTH FATAL ACCIDENT

HYACINTH FATAL ACCIDENT
Hyacinth is playing a game with his lover Apollo, when Zephyr, jealous, directs Apollo's arrow at him : he dies, and from his blood springs a hyacinth flower

Background imageGame Collection: HUNTING / THE BAG

HUNTING / THE BAG
The day's bag - an array of dead hares and game bags Date: 1929

Background imageGame Collection: A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace 1902

A Game of Pushball, Crystal Palace 1902
A game of pushball between Anerley and Crystal Palace at the Crystal Palace sports ground. This match, one of the first played in Britain of this American game

Background imageGame Collection: Political cartoon, On the Turn of the Card

Political cartoon, On the Turn of the Card by Francis Carruthers Gould - Gladstone peers in through the door. Date: 1894

Background imageGame Collection: Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Darts match in pub - double top Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Original Artwork - Painted flowers - Game counters

Original Artwork - Painted flowers - Game counters
Original Artwork - painted flowers - counters for a game design, My Flower Day. Date: circa 1937

Background imageGame Collection: Good Luck postcard, Black cat with playing cards Date: 20th century

Good Luck postcard, Black cat with playing cards Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Military Manoeuvres on a Dining Table

Military Manoeuvres on a Dining Table: The Man as expert as the Officer. Playing Bellum on a War Game Night at the Headquarters of the 25th Battalion County of London (Cyclist) Regiment

Background imageGame Collection: Big game hunters with guns and trophies, South Africa, c. 1890 s

Big game hunters with guns and trophies, South Africa, c. 1890 s
Big game hunters with guns and trophies, South Africa, c.1890 s

Background imageGame Collection: 1860s Japan - portrait of a group of men and women playing Go board game Felice or Felix

1860s Japan - portrait of a group of men and women playing Go board game Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909), Italian-British photographer working mostly in India, Japan, China

Background imageGame Collection: Tennis match in India, c. 1890

Tennis match in India, c. 1890
Tennis match in India, c.1890

Background imageGame Collection: Pie eating contest, National Bathing Beach, Washington 1921

Pie eating contest, National Bathing Beach, Washington 1921
Female contestant in the pie eating contest, at the National Bathing Beach, Washington DC 1921

Background imageGame Collection: Playing tennis in India, c. 1880 s

Playing tennis in India, c. 1880 s
Playing tennis in India, c.1880 s

Background imageGame Collection: Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s

Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s

Background imageGame Collection: Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a series

Big game hunting, tiger hunt in India - a series
Tiger hunt series by Colonel Willoughby Wallace Hooper, 1837-1912, photographed 1870 s. One of 10 images listed

Background imageGame Collection: Game hunting trophies, India, c. 1880 s

Game hunting trophies, India, c. 1880 s
Game hunting trophies, India, c.1880 s

Background imageGame Collection: Travellers riding elephants in India, c. 1900

Travellers riding elephants in India, c. 1900
Vintage 19th century photograph - tourists, travellers riding elephants in India, c.1900

Background imageGame Collection: Comic postcard, Drunken batsman who saw three balls Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken batsman who saw three balls Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Comic postcard, A fast one from the demon bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, A fast one from the demon bowler Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Comic postcard, Bunny faces the fast bowler Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Bunny faces the fast bowler Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Comic postcard, Three Stone Age men - A quiet game of Nap. Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Three Stone Age men - A quiet game of Nap. Date: 20th century

Background imageGame Collection: Shinto priests (actors) playing board game Go Japan

Shinto priests (actors) playing board game Go Japan
Shinto priests (actors) playing the board game Go (chequers draughts) Japan, late 19th century

Background imageGame Collection: Children playing hopscotch street game, Japan

Children playing hopscotch street game, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Background imageGame Collection: Tatler cover 1939 - Alice Marble & Jean Nicoll

Tatler cover 1939 - Alice Marble & Jean Nicoll
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of American, shorts-wearing Alice Marble shaking hands at the net with sixteen year-old British tennis player

Background imageGame Collection: A Game of darts - Civil Defence Workers recreation

A Game of darts - Civil Defence Workers recreation. Date: circa 1942

Background imageGame Collection: Pall Mall or Palle Melle

Pall Mall or Palle Melle
Pall Mall mallets and ball. A 16th and 17th century lawn game. A precursor to croquet. Date: 1875

Background imageGame Collection: At the Concours Hippique in the Palais d Industrie, 1892

At the Concours Hippique in the Palais d Industrie, 1892. Woman in lilac dress with lace trim, watching an equestrian show from a grandstand

Background imageGame Collection: The Grand Prix Day, 1895

The Grand Prix Day, 1895. Woman in check dress with wide sleeves and ribbons at Longchamp race track for a big race. Crowd of fashionable gentlemen in top hats, soldiers and passengers in carriages

Background imageGame Collection: Woman and child near an omnibus station, Paris, 1875

Woman and child near an omnibus station, Paris, 1875
Near an omnibus station, the Palais-Royal, 1875. Woman in violet crinoline dress with train, velvet mantelet and feather bonnet. Men in top hats behind



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