Hole Collection (page 3)

Medieval men bowling and playing marbles
Medieval men bowling down a hill, while others play la fossette, wherein they try to throw as many marbles into a hole as possible

Boys playing the game of marbles called la fossette, wherein they try to throw as many marbles into a hole as possible. From an engraving by Augustin de Saint-Aubin, 19th century

Boys playing marbles on a street corner. In the game of bloquette, players try to throw marbles into a hole. Handcoloured lithograph by Ge Engelmann from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

Boys playing variants of marbles: rangette and fossette
Boys playing variants of marbles: la rangette, wherein they try to win other players marbles, and la fossette, wherein they try to throw as many marbles into a hole as possible

Men playing fossette (golf) and croce (hockey)
Medieval men playing ball games in a park. In the foreground, men try to throw a ball (esteuf) into a hole in the ground in the game of fossette (ancient golf)

The game of tonneau, 19th century
The game of tonneau, a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a box with small holes in the top, 19th century

People looking at bullet holes after Sidney Street Siege
People looking at bullet holes after the Sidney Street Siege, London. 1911

Singapore Golf Club, 1936
At the 19th! Members on the terrace of the Singapore Golf Club in 1936, the citys principal club with an active membership of 800

Roanoid bakelite wall fitting in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite ceiling fitting in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite switch plates in dark red. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite toothbrush holder in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite curtain rings, flange ends and tassel hook
Roanoid Bakelite button curtain rings in five sizes (in dark red), two flange ends for a curtain rod, and a tassel hook (in marbled brown). Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite drawer pull and sash window lifts
Roanoid bakelite drawer pull in marbled brown and two sash window lifts in dark red. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite hat and coat hook in dark red. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite wardrobe hooks in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite finger plates, one in plain brown, the other in marbled brown. Date: 1930s

Roanoid bakelite shelf and brackets in marbled cream. Date: 1930s

Rein-ring and Mascot from Queen Shub-ads Chariot, Ur, an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (Iraq)

Stokehole of the Atlantic Liner 1903
Stokers in the boiler room on board a atlantic liner. Date: 1903

James Braid misses a putt at Oxhey
James Braid missing a putt at the sixteenth hole at Oxhey playing against Tom Williamson 1921

James Braid at Stoke Poges
Golfer James Braid playing on the eighteenth hole at the new Stoke Poges golf course 1909

The Lovely Fifth at Sunningdale
James Braid playing the legendary fifth hole at Sunningdale Gold Course. 1940

Golfing at St Andrew s
Scottish golfer James Braid taking a difficult shot at the ninth hole at St Andrews being watched by a huge crowd. 1905

The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage
The Dogger Bank Incident (or Russian Outrage ) occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during)

Mercedes racing car with unnecessary metal drilled out
How weight is saved by drilling out all unnecessary metal in a Mercedes racing car. 20th century

Channel Islands - Sark - Port Gorey - A Souffleur (blow hole, blowhole). Date: 1935

Glass making at Apsley Pellatt Factory, London
The manufacture of glass at Apsley Pellatt and company, London. Pictured is the glass cutting room, the making of phials as well as glass blowing. Date: circa 1850

Portmarnock Golf Club opening day, September 1894 - at the 5th hole in the Captains Match, with Captain George Ross (far left), and John Petrie about to play. 1894

Couple with champagne on a New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s

Two kittens in an envelope on a greetings postcard
Two kittens in an envelope with pink flowers on a greetings postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Two sides of a cutout Christmas card -- a snowball with a sprig of holly (left), and a tabby kitten with mistletoe (right). Date: circa 1890s

Painting on an artists palette
Escaped - a humorous painting on an artists palette, showing two dogs watching a cat disappear through the hole. circa 1898

Golfing at High Hampton, Cashiers, North Carolina, USA
Golfing at the 7th hole, High Hampton, Cashiers, North Carolina, USA, with the Chimney Top Mountain in the distance. Date: 1940s

Rare image Aviation Militaire Francaise - Nieuport X AR
(Rare image) Aviation Militaire Francaise - Nieuport X AR, two-seat fighter-reconnaissance aircraft. A rare image of the Nieuport X with the machine gun flexibly mounted over the centre-section

The Spaniards Inn, Hampstead Heath, London, historic watering hole of the famous, including Dick Turpin & Charles Dickens, who immortalised this pub in his Pickwick Papers. Date: late 16th century

Stage, with curtain and peep- hole, and painted backdrop beyond Date: 17th century

Caught in the Act Date: 1950

Clowns face on a hat-shaped Christmas card
Clown pulling a face on a hat-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cutting through the Vendome Column; Paris Commune 1871
A group of Communards cutting through the base of the column in the Place Vendome, Paris, 1871. The Communards decided to remove the column, a symbol of imperial splendour

Construction Thames Embankment near Arunel Street 1866
Metropolitan improvements of Thames Embankment which extends from Waterloo Bridge to the east side of the Temple Gardens, a length of 1970 ft

London Transport bus ticket -4
Original London Transport bus ticket - penny ticket on the route from Harrow Weald to Scrubbs Lane. The punch-hole indicates the particular journey being made. Date: unknown

GOLF / HOLING OUT 1865
A golfer attempts to hole his final putt on the green, somewhat aided by his partner standing right behind the hole! Date: 1865

FALL / DACHSHUND / LONG / 1954
SMOKY HOLE KLEIN ARAMINTA SMOKY HOLE KLEIN ARABELLA Owned by Waddington. Two dachshunds sitting together. Date: 1954

Cartoon, The Real Cap of Liberty. British Lion: What can THAT cap promise, that my CROWN doesnt perform? Eh, Stoopid? Date: December 1871

SPORT / GOLF / CAIRO
Golfing on the 18-hole course at the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Cairo (Egypt) Date: 1929

Wet day in Piccadilly, Central London
A wet day in Piccadilly, Central London, with pedestrians and a hansom cab. Date: 1886

Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A. W. 38 Whitley Mk. III
Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley Mk.III. The Tiger engined Mk.III was no longer used operationally by September 1941

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