Games Collection (page 5)

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

Woman in white dress and red scarf with tennis racquet Date: 1905

1970 Commonwealth Games Nursing Team. Five nurses (one male) running on track Date: 1970

Children playing Ryecroft Estate, Walsall
Children play football in the street on the Ryecroft Estate, Walsall, West Midlands. A girl watches from the footpath. Winter backlight casts long shadows

Spa, Belgium - Le Salon de Conversation. Date: circa 1905

Find the Fault card No. 17 -- woman and mirror. circa 1930s

Children playing skittles nine pins

Deck games on board a transatlantic liner

Deck games on board a trans-Atlantic liner, early 1900s

Highland dancing

Children playing in China in the early 1900s

Beginning of World War Two, where sailors are relaxing in a destroyer escorting a Convoy. Date: 1939

Highland dancing at a Highland Games, Scotland Date: 19th century

Highland Dancing at a Highland Games Victorian period Date: 19th century

Klondyke Whist scorecard, black cat wearing wireless radio headphones

Interior of the Casino at Enghien-les-Bains, France
Enghien-les-Bains, a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France - The Salle des Jeux (Games Room) at the Casino. Enghien-les-Bains is famous as a spa resort and a well-to-do suburb of Paris

A large group of young boys at a military school - Lacrosse
A large group of young boys at a military school (?), posing in their sports kit with lacrosse sticks. Date: circa 1910s

Recruitment poster, Commando Medical Service, WW2
Recruitment poster, Commando Medical Service, February 1945, Second World War Date: 1945

Medieval games in the Tilt Yard
The Tilt Yard, Combat a L'Outrance - medieval games

Sports for the New Year in the Sixteenth Century Date: 1854

Sports for the New Year in the Nineteenth Century Date: 1854

Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Men exercising in Tomak game. Martial art. Traditional game in which woll balls are used on leather straps. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

In An Alehouse
This painting shows an jolly scene of people inside a tavern, or alehouse, drinking and playing games. Date: circa 1610-1668

White Star Line, RMS Olympic and Majestic - jigsaw puzzles. Six complete, one with two pieces missing, boxed, plus a framed jigsaw puzzle. Date: 20th century

P & O Lines - miscellaneous items
P & O Lines - miscellaneous plated ware, 3d items and shipboard souvenirs. Date: 20th century

Letter written by Ida Stanton on board RMS Carpathia
Handwritten letter written on board RMS Carpathia dated 15 August 1912 with original Cunard envelope. Dear Papa and boys... we were delayed by boarding a large cargoe (sic) of spaghetti

Silhouette of the sale of Christmas Toys
The cut-out silhouette shows the sale of Christmas toys in London. The artist depicts the sale of traditional Victorian toys being bought by upper class people. Date: 1990

Wartime House Party, Cliveden, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. Photographs of Cliveden House, and Viscount and Viscountess Astor with child evacuees, with cine camera and playing games. Date: 1939

Advert for Pentetote, a tabletop game with a spinning wheel, themed around racing. Date: 1933

Water Polo By Night
A nocturnal women's water polo match at the Stadio del Littoria in Rome, attended by Benito Mussolini. Date: 1931

Polo at Roehampton
A polo match at the Roehampton Club between the Royal Air Force and the Chinchillas. Date: 1931

Wimbledon Exertions
Scenes from the 1931 Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Pictured are Fred Perry (1909-1995), Ian Glen Collins (1903-1975), Helene Nicolopoulos, George Patrick Pat Hughes (1902-1997), I

The Draughts Players by Joseph Clark - rustic cottage interior with family playing board game

Cover design, Games Story Book, Treasure Hunt & Ludo

Photograph of Rugby match, Twickenham, outdoor sporting live action portrait. Captioned, The first big Rugger match of the season: Harlequins vs Old Merchant Taylors at Twickenham'

Boys in Tug of War Date: 1907

Snakes and Ladders box lid Date: circa 1920s

1920 Girls Making Dolls Clothes Silhouette Depicting
1920, Girls, making, dolls, clothes, Silhouette, depicting, girls, Book, Games, published, Ward, Lock, Anon, 11077264

Spinning top - Silhouette depicting a boy playing with his dog & a spinning top. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

Girl skipping - Silhouette depicting a girl skipping. From The Book of Games published by Ward Lock. Date: 1920

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