Games Collection (page 4)

Cheery Families - Master Switch the Schoolmasters Son. 1890s

Cheery Families - Mrs Switch the Schoolmasters Wife. 1890s

Cheery Families - Mr Switch the Schoolmaster. 1890s

Highland dancers at Braemar Highland Games
Highlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911

Javelin - Olympic Games, London 1908
Classic Games at Shepherds Bush - Four positions in throwing the javelin. Series of four photographs showing a javelin thrower in action at the Olympic Games in London, 1908. Date: 1908

V. O. Gyarmati, long jump, 1948 London Olympics
Hungarian athlete Gyarmati won the long jump event at the 1948 London Olympics. Date: 1948

Family Billiards Game
The whole family plays billiards Date: 1886

Playing with Lego
A little blond girl and her Mother play with Lego building blocks, possibly building a train which is travelling under two little Lego bridges? Photograph by Heinz Zinram

WW2 Destroyer crew relaxing
Relaxations of the lower deck: sailors playing tombola in a destroyer escorting a convoy. One of the rare periods of leisure for the crew of a destroyer; Royal Navy sailors play the game of tombola

A Game of Bezique / Photo
A man and two women play a game of bezique around a polished wood table in a comfortable drawing room

Dominoes in a Tavern
A group of men play dominoes in a tavern

Crossword by Lamplight
Three children do a crossword by lamp light

Happy Families / Miss Tape
Miss Tape the Tailors Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Happy Families / Mstr Tape
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Happyfamilies / Miss Bones
Miss Bones the Butchers Daughter, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861

Happy Families / Mrs Tape
" Happy Families" was devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861

Happy Families / Mrs Bones
" Happy Families" was devised by Mr Jacques in Britain in 1861

Lady Queen Anne, words and music
Lady Queen Anne she sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, as white as a swan

Caxton / Knight
A KNIGHT

Milo of Crotona / Coin
MILO or MILON of CROTONA Greek athlete, renowned for his strength; wrestling champion in the Olympic and Pythian games

Game / Greek / Astragali
Ancient Greece: game of Astragali

Game / Fishing Game C1890
A little boy stands on a chair and fishes in a goldfish bowl

Sister holding up baby to see their snowman
A sister holding up the baby to see their snowman. The baby holds out her hand towards the snowmans pipe

Sailors Playing Bingo
Le Lot (bingo), played by French sailors

Whist Party at Athenaeum
Anthony Trollope, Abraham Hayward, W E Forster and Sir George Jessel play whist at the Athenaeum Club, London

Bridge-Playing Girl 1907
A young woman in a red dress suffering from a shocking evening at bridge

Snowman Dancing 1924
A snowman dances with a graceful lady by moonlight

Greenwich Park 1802
Fun and games in Greenwich Park on a Whitmonday - a bank holiday : picnicking, dancing to a barrel organ, playing games and generally making the most of the day Date: 1802

Queen of Hearts & Rose
The QUEEN OF HEARTS holding a rose

Children Playing, Knole
Children playing games in the Long Gallery at Knole, Kent

Christmas in Norway
Jultid [yuletide] fun and games on a Norwegian farm - children dress up as gnomes and other grotesques

Playing Card Assortment
An assortment of cards from an old pack

Selection of Spades
A selection of spades : the 10, Knave, Queen, King, Ace

Frog in the Middle Game
Children playing Frog in the Middle - they form a ring around one child

Naval Battle Restaged
Mock naval battle held in Roman colosseum (in time of Emperor Augustus)

Baron De Coubertin
BARON DE COUBERTIN French educator and sportsman who revived the Olympic games at a 12-nation conference. President of International Olympic Committee

Find the Fault card No. 13 -- children with swing. circa 1930s

Ancient Greek method of mounting and riding a horse bareback. A cavalry man mounts a horse by holding lance and bridle in his right hand

Steeple Chase, horse racing board game. 20th century

The home of snooker - The Oottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

Find the Fault card No. 20 -- woman knitting a sock. circa 1930s

King Charles II hiding up an oak tree in Boscobel Wood, after the Battle of Worcester, 1651. Parliamentarian or Roundhead soldier interrogate a local Royalist family. The Royal Oak

Edgar & Madge Syers in Olympics Games, ice skating 1908
Edgar Syers dancing with his wife Madge Syers in the Olympic Games of 1908, winning the bronze medal at the Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Date: October 1908

Mrs Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding
Libbys Happy Families Card Game, Mrs Libbys Creamed Rice Milk Pudding. circa 1950s

Men playing the royal game of croquet or pall mall, 1717
Men playing the royal game of croquet or pall mall, le jeu royal de la passe, designed for Louis XV in 1717. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

People playing Mahjong by swimming pool, USA
People playing the Chinese board game Mahjong (Mah Jong), by the swimming pool of the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, USA, April 1924. 1924

Boy fishing - Silhouette depictinga boy fishing. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

Girl & boy blowing bubbles - Silhouette depicting girl & boy blowing bubbles. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

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