Jump Collection (page 8)

Two little children wait to jump off a small rock
Now Jump! Two little children look warily down at the sea from their precarious perch on a small rock and assess when best to make a leap for it! Date: circa 1920s

US Parachute Troops - WWII Date: 1942

New York Worlds Fair - The Parachute Jump - a 200 ft tower - one of the highest buidlings at the fair Date: 1939

Lance Corporal G. Wood - World Champion Jumper
Lance Corporal G. Wood, Royal Garrison Artillery (a pre-1930 corps of the British Army) - World Champion Jumper! Seen here clearing a horse and carriage, emblazoned with script detailing his feats

Design for dress silk or print with rabbits, mice and lambs. Gouache and pencil on tracing paper over gouache and pencil on copy paper. Silver Studio. circa 1935

Chile (1854). Falls of Laja river. Litography

FATTORI, Giovanni (1825-1908). The Sheep Jump. 1907. Macchiaioli. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Florence. Galleria d Arte Moderna. Palazzo Pitti (Gallery of Modern Art. Pitti Palace)

Ski Jumping in Oslo 1905
Skiers in action during Holmenkollen Day, Oslo. Date: 1905

36 Area Sports Meeting at Woodford Wells, Essex - Long Jump competition

LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drill
Jump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine. Jumping sheets were carried on front line London fire engines until late 1941 when

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Her Johnny-jump-ups. Illustration shows a woman with a watering can pouring water on a window box with faces among the foliage instead of flowers. Date 1913 April 30

The water jump. Date c1884

Jump into your place in the Sportsmans Company of the Irish Canadian Rangers. Poster shows a man with a shamrock on his track suit jumping over a group of soldiers

7th Dragoon Guards - Taking the Water Jump. Date: circa 1910s

Cadre Noir - Saumur, France - Leaping a large obstacle
Acrobatic leap by a horse and rider at the French National Horse-Riding School (Cadre Noir), Saumur, Loire Valley, France

Cheltenham Races at Prestbury Park
Amersham jumping the final fence in the Amateur Handicap Hurdle Race at the Cheltenham Steeplechase Clubs Autumn Meeting at Prestbury Park. 1911

Chelsea versus Clapton Orient football match
Scott of Chelsea and Thompson of Clapton Orient compete for the ball in the air at the first league fixture of these two London clubs. The game was played on the Clapton Orient ground

Scout Leaders at a training camp, Grenada, West Indies
Scout Leaders at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies, enjoying some gymnastics. 1949

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as a schoolboy
Page from the Illustrated London News Coronation Number featuring a number of pictures of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as a boy and young man

Silhouette of expert riding, Equitation School
Silhouette showing expert riding by the Equitation School at the Royal Tournament. The rider holds up a saddle as his horse jumps a fence. 1926

Metropolitan Police officer at showjumping event
A Metropolitan Police officer and his horse tackle a jump at a showjumping event. Date: circa 1990s

Metropolitan Police officers at showjumping event
Three Metropolitan Police officers on horseback jump through rings of fire at a showjumping event. Date: circa 1990s

Silhouette of horseracing scene
Silhouette of a horseracing scene, showing four jockeys and their horses in profile, leaping a tall hedge. Each jockey is wearing different colours

Silhouette of a riding display, Royal Army Service Corps
Silhouette of a a riding display by the Royal Army Service Corps at the Royal Tournament. A rider and two horses jump a low fence. 1926

Dog Jumping 1930S
A woman training a dog jump over a rope. Date: early 1930s

Trick Riders of the 16th and 5th British Lancers. Two riders dressed as a criminal and a policeman act out a chase and in so doing leap over a row of orientals holding parasols

Little Jumping Girls
JUMP - Jump- Jump- Jump away, from this town into the next, today. Four little girls play a jumping game. 1885

Greyhounds racing round a track, seen here in the air as they leap a low hedge. Three men watch from behind a fence. Date: early 20th century

5th Royal Irish Lancer jumping an obstacle. Date: 1910s

Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
Photograph of Jesse James Cleveland Owens, the US athlete, pictured with his Olympic oak-trees and medals, 1936. Owens won four gold medals at the the 1936 Berlin Olympics - the 100 metres

Jumping Sheepdog
Two schoolboys lock hands and a sheepdog is taught to jump inbetween them. Date: early 1930s

Holmenkollbakken Skiing
The ski jumping hill at Holmenkollbakken, Oslo, Norway, This new ski jump has a speed-scaffold which gives better jumping length. Date: 1930s

TEXAS SKI JUMP
Called after the name of the inventor, the Texas is one of the most spectacular of ski jumps! Date: 1930s

Steeplechase Water Jump
Athletes negotiating a Steeplechase Water Jump hurdle. Date: 1980

FLYING RED INDIANS
Flying Indians performing a bungy jump style show at Universal Studios, California, U.S.A. Date: 1960s

Horse Racing - Neck and Neck by Antonio Donadini. Two jockeys battling it out at the head os the field in thsi steeplechase race. Date: circa 1920s

Dancers of the Crow Tribe performing a ceremonial dance. Date: 1911

Steeplechase at the Rockaway Hunting Club
Annual Steeplechase Race at the Rockaway Hunting Club, Cedarhurst, Long Island, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1908

Elater (Click Beetle) and Elops Saurus

Tom Clarke, Huntsman, jumping a fence
Full Cry -- Tom Clarke, Huntsman of the Old Berkshire, jumping a fence during a fox hunt. Date: 1870s

McGrew does the high jump, 1948 London Olympics
This is the American McGrews third, and successful, attempt to clear 6 foot 1 5/8 inches. Date: 1948

Tatler front cover, Wimbledon 1962
Front cover of The Tatler, reporting on Wimbledon Tennis Championship for 1962 and particularly tennis fashions. The girl clearing the net in style is wearing a tennis tunic by tennis fashion leading

Edelman does the high jump, 1948 London Olympics
The American Edelman is seen here clearing 6 foot 1 5/8 inches. Date: 1948

B. Singh, long jump, 1948 London Olympics
B. Singh took part in the long jump event to enthusiastic applause. A sikh, he wore his hair tied in a handkerchief. Date: 1948

Arion of Methymna leaping into the sea
" He leapt into the sea" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller

Cover of the Sketch: high jumper Harry Porter
The extraordinary attitude of American high jumper, Harry Porter, who used a modified scissors technique. 1908

Morocco - High Jump Competition
French Troops based in Morocco take part in an athletics competition. This card shows the high jump (from a standing start) competition in full flow

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