Player Collection (page 25)

Canada Dry advertisement, 1953
Mildly humorous advertisement for Canada Dry sparkling drinks featuring a photograph of two glamorous young women being flirted with by a sweaty rugby player after a game. Date: 1953

Street music: hurdy gurdy player
A hurdy gurdy player performing for three poor boys in the street

Sicilian Bagpipes Player - A Zampognaro
A Sicilian Zampognaro or pipe-player, holding his massive set of Sicilian bagpipes. Date: circa 1910s

Street music: hurdy gurdy player, 1740
A 18th century hurdy gurdy player performing on the streets of Paris. Date: 1740

Street music: 17th century hurdy gurdy player
Street scene showing a blind hurdy gurdy player performing in 17th century Holland. Date: 17th century

Street music: 1892 slum scene
A noisy street scene of 1892:children dance to a barrel organ, competing with an accordion, penny whistle and the hubbub of passers by. 1892

Street music: organ grinder claimant, 1873
The " nobleman" organ grinder: a claimant to a title whilst on tour through the Irish provinces. Though he refused to name himself

Cricket at Tonbridge, Kent
A scene from the County Championship match between Kent and Sussex at the Angel Ground, Tonbridge, Kent. The famous Indian player, K.S.Ranjitsinhji is at the crease for Sussex

Wales versus Australia at Wembley, 1930
Vigorous defending by the Australian side during the first rugby league match to be played at Wembley Stadium in January 1930. Date: 1930

Fife player, 1598
A man playing the fife, viewed from behind

Teddy Tinling tennis outfit, 1962
A tailored tennis suit in cotton pique with a drawstring waist and crossed racquets motif embroidered in blue on the shirt top designed by tennis fashion guru, Teddy Tinling. Date: 1962

Scene at a rugby match, with two players colliding. circa 1940s

Military musicians - fife and drum
A fife and drum player. Date: 1555

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

Military music - 18th century musicians(7 of 8)
Musicians of the Imperial Guard-a drummer and a serpent player at the time of the First Empire. Date: early 19th century

1960s fashion, wearing Ronald Paterson for the polo
A girl hugs her polo player boyfriend wearing a casual dress by Ronald Paterson in brilliant turquoise shantung. The dress is sleeveless

An Album of International Air Liners
Cover of An Album of International Air Liners, for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring a GA - de Havilland aircraft flying over palm trees. Date: 1936

Future King George VI at Wimbledon
A superb photograph of the future King George VI (1895-1952) (when Duke of York) pictured at Wimbledon in 1926 (ten years before the start of his reign), where he played doubles with his mentor

Player Motor Cars: Bentley, Brough and B. S. A
Page of Players cigarette cards from An Album of Motor Cars, featuring the Bentley 3.5-litre Sports Tourer; the Brough Superior; and the B.S.A

Player Motor Cars: Jaguar, Flying Standard and Studebaker
Page of Players cigarette cards from An Album of Motor Cars, Second Series, featuring the S.S. 2.5-litre Jaguar 100; the Flying Standard 20 H.P

Player Motor Cars: Rover, Siddeley, Singer
Page of Players cigarette cards from An Album of Motor Cars, Second Series, featuring the Rover Sixteen Sports Saloon; the Siddeley Special Touring Limousine; and the Singer 12 H.P. Saloon. Date: 1937

Page from An Album of International Air Liners for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes Imperial Airways Empire Flying-Boat Caledonia; Imperial Airways Liner

Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force card album
Page from Aircraft of the Royal Air Force cigarette card album issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the Hawker Demon I (Turret) Fighter; the Hawker Fury Fighter; and the Hawker Hurricane Fighter

Page from An Album of Aeroplanes (Civil) for cigarette cards issued by John Player & Sons, featuring the British aeroplanes, the Miles Hawk Major, two-seater touring monoplane; the Monospar S.T

US Football Match 1903
The player with the ball is tackled by an opposing player, as others close in. Date: 1903

1889 Football Match
A forward player rises above the defenders to head the ball towards the goal. Date: 1889

Fantasy Gramophone 1911
A girl listens as the gramophone issues flowery hearts Date: 1911

PERCH / PLAYERs / 1903
Date: 1903

William Hoppe
W. Hoppe. Billiardist William F. Hoppe, dressed in black- tie

Demonstrating a pianola
Aeolian Co. Man demonstrating the Aeolian player piano

Miss Dorothea Douglass
Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878 - 1960), English tennis player and seven time winner of the ladies singles title at Wimbledon between 1903 and 1914

Sporting goods advertisement
Advert for Mitchells leading sports emporium in Queenstown, South Africa. A football player and ball are featured

Domino Player - Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly domno player enjoying a game at the Riviera Bar, Penzance, Cornwall

William T Tilden, the American champion of Wimbledon in 1920, 1921 and 1930

Miss Helen Wills, American Tennis Player and Artist
MISS HELEN WILLS in 1927, American tennis player and artist, seen here in mufti, ie ordinary clothes rather than her tennis gear

Mrs Kitty Godfree, English tennis player
A depiction of Mrs Kitty Godfree (nee McKane), English tennis player, by a rival player, the American Helen Wills. Both of them were appearing at Wimbledon. Godfree has just finished a backhand drive

We Take Off Our Beret by Mel
A series of caricatures by the cartoonist Mel showing various well-known tennis stars playing at Wimbledon in 1931. These include Lili D Alvarez who sported a pair of culottes on court

Senorita de Alvarez and her divided trousers
The Spanish tennis player, Lili d Alvarez, pictured playing on court at Wimbledon wearing a pair of divided trousers - or culottes - designed by Schiaparelli

Alice Marble, 1939 Wimbledon champion
Alice Marble (1913-1990), American tennis player, who was the first woman to win both the US Open and Wimbledon singles titles in the same year, as well as the ladies doubles and mixed doubles

Dr Syntax with musicians
Dr Syntax with a group of musicians. He plays the violin; there is a lady violinst, a cellist, and an Indian bugler with turban

Sirdar Nihal Singh
Indian tennis player Sirdar Nihal Singh who played in the 1909 Wimbledon lawn tennis championship

Dr A H Fyzee, tennis player
Indian tennis player, Dr A H Fyzee, one of the players in the 41st Wimbledon lawn-tennis championship in 1921

Polo player on his pony
Side view of a polo player on his pony, with his polo stick resting on his shoulder and a pith helmet on his head

Woman and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a woman in overalls discussing a game of chess with three patients in a hospital ward

Pipe Major of the Queens Own Highlanders (1961) in Full Dress. Formed by an amalgamation of the Seaforth and Camerons regiments. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Suzanne Lenglen playing doubles
Suzanne Lenglen (1899 - 1938) French tennis player pictured playing a backhand shot in the Ladies Doubles Final at Wimbledon in 1925

Man playing piano at Christmas
A man playing a piano with a decorated Christmas tree at his side. Three of the candles are lit. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Suzanne Lenglen by Fred May
Suzanne Lenglen (1899-1938), French tennis player and champion, winner of 81 singles titles, 73 doubles and 11 mixed doubles captured by cartoonist Fred May wearing her signature bandeau

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