Player Collection (page 6)

Queen Alexandra and her sister the Dowager Empress Marie of Russia playing billiards in 1907 at their home, the Villa Hvidore near Copenhagen. Date: 1907

c. 1880s Japan - Japanese actor in ornate robes

Accordion player, Bethnal Green Road, London
An accordion player busking amidst market crowds in Londons Bethnal Green Road. Date: circa 1930s

Five table tennis players, three posing with their trophies. Date: c. 1935
Five table tennis players, three posing with their trophies. Date: c.1935

Three photo studies of Hollywood film stars: Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Constance Talmadge and Buster Collier (all United Artists)

Advert for Sterling Premax hornless loud speaker, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for Sterling Primax hornless loud speaker, 1925 Date: 1925

Advert for Amplon wireless loud speaker, a product of the House of Graham, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Four dance beauties from Hollywood, 1928. Nancy Carroll one of Paramounts players (top left), Clara Bow from Paramount (top right)

Society News, Tatler 1928
In the Society News of the Passing Hour! Lady Mary Scott and Lord Burghley (who are engaged), and the Duchess of Buccleuch at Langholm Lodge; Mr

The Man Who Works The Automaton
The man who works The Mechanical Turk, a fake Automaton Chess Player, designed by Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen. 1769

C M Wells, Middlesex Rugby Player
Cyril Mowbray Wells (1871-1963), Middlesex Rugby Player and first-class cricketer. circa 1900s

Tatler cover - Eileen Bennett, tennis player, Madame Yevonde
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a photograph of British player Eileen Bennett (Mrs Fearnley Whittingstall), who won six Grand Slam titles between 1927 and 1931. 1930

Australian rugby team arriving in UK at Plymouth, 1908
Dr. Herbert Paddy Moran, captain of the Australian rugby team arriving at Plymouth for a rugby union tour at club and national level on 19 September 1908. Date: 1908

Vic Seixas, American tennis player
Vic Seixas (b.1923), American tennis player. circa 1950s

Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player
Mervyn Rose (1930-2017), Australian tennis player. circa 1950s

Advert from Reigen Magazine, Germany, 1923 for a gramophone Date: 1923

Wilf Mannion. English professional footballer
Wilf Mannion (1918-2000), English professional footballer with Middlesbrough, Hull City, Cambridge United, Poole Town, Earlestown, and the national England team

Len Shackleton, English footballer
Leonard Francis (Len) Shackleton (1922-2000), footballer with Newcastle United and Sunderland, also the England national team, seen here in December 1946. 1946

Hapgood and Roberts of Arsenal, Dixie Dean of Everton
Eddie Hapgood and Herbie Roberts of Arsenal, Dixie Dean of Everton heading, in a football match action shot. circa 1930s

Dixie Dean, Everton and England international footballer
William Ralph (Dixie) Dean (1907-1980), Everton and England international footballer. mid-20th century

Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica, Italy
Men playing the Roman game of La Ruzzica (or La Rotuola, similar to throwing the discus), Italy. The circular object is made of heavy, hard wood. Date: early 19th century

Men playing the ancient game of Morra, Italy. It involves one player extending their hand, with any number of fingers, and the other player calling out a number

Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band 1954
Harry Hudson & His Melody Boys, Show Band, at Great Yarmouth Marina in 1954. The women are probably vocalists. Date: 1954

Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen - Welsh Amateur Footballer
Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen (18771950) - Welsh amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Nottingham Forest as a wing half

Decorative letter weights and paper weights
Letter weights and paper weights in the form of sailors, dogs, bicycles, soldiers, tennis players and anchors. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware

The game of tonneau or barrel
The game of tonneau (a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a barrel with small holes in the top). Handcoloured lithograph after Decamps from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

Funfair of cup and ball players from all walks
Funfair of cup and ball, la foire franche des bilboquets. 17th century satirical print showing people from all walks of life obsessed with the game of bilboquet

Chinese wrestler and automaton and a tom-tom player, Qing Dynasty. Street performer wrestling with a human-size pasteboard puppet

Citharist with garland of ivy, possibly Sappho
Citharist or citharede, lyre player. Her garland of ivy identifies her as possibly Sappho or another poetess. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum

Ernest Shand, English performer and composer
Ernest Shand (1868-1924), English performer and composer, classical guitar player, music hall singer, actor. circa 1900s

Boys playing American football. Date: circa 1970s

Charlotte (Lottie) Dod, tennis tournament, Manchester
Charlotte (Lottie) Dod (1871-1960), English tennis player, taking part in the Northern Tournament, Manchester, 22 June 1889, in a match against Blanche Bingley, which she won

Orioles Junior Football Team, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA. Date: 1906-1907

Chelsea Football Club team 1908-1909
Chelsea Football Club team and management, season of 1908-1909 (names below the photo). Date: 1908-1909

The Footballers Dream

Rugby R. H. Guest Waterloo and England
R. H. Guest, rugby player for Waterloo and England, preparing to throw in during the County Championships between Lancashire and Eastern Counties. The match was described by Louis T

Womens hockey match, Surrey v Sussex, 1902. 1902

Dorothy Round, British tennis player, Wimbledon second seed in 1933. 1933

Helen Wills Moody, American tennis player, Wimbledon No. 1 seed in 1933. Date: 1933

Impromptu dance to gramophone at river resort
Impromptu dance to the gramophone at a river resort. Date: 1933

Jean Borotra, French tennis player
Jean Borotra (1898-1994), nicknamed the Bounding Basque, French tennis player who popularised the Basque beret. Date: 1933

Manchester United FC team, FA Cup Winners 1909
Group photo, Manchester United FC team, FA Cup Winners in 1909. 1909

Cricket match. 18th century

Dorothea Lambert Chambers and son Graham at Frinton
Tennis supremo and Wimbledon champion Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers pictured at Frinton-on-Sea with her son Graham who was taking part in the childrens tennis tournament. Date: 1923

Lili D Alvarez - ski jump at St. Moritz
Spanish tennis star Lili D Alvarez performing a very passable ski jump at the resort of St. Moritz. Date: 1927

Football team photo, Slavia Prague, Czech Republic. Date: circa 1920

Football team photo, Susice, Czech Republic. Date: circa 1920

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