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Kensington Rangers FC football team, past v. present, 1912-1913. 1912-1913
London Fire Brigade F District FC football team, 1905-1906 season. Back row l-r: J Adams, A W Davis, W B Zappert, Gs A Parmenter, F A Anstey, A L Hughes, D Macaski
BounceClub Champion (to Jones, who has consented to take the place of absent player): " This is your first experience of serious play, I suppose?" Jones: " Well... not exactly
LillvarezSpanish tennis player Elia " Lil휦 quot; lvarez (1905-1998) gazes up at a sculpture of the Classical pipe-playing deity, Pan
Tennis - Then and NowThis cartoon from 1928 remembers fondly the days when tennis was an amateur pursuit. 1928
Balangy players, Sierra Leone, West AfricaGroup of native balangy players, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920
Taking a break from the tennisThree women enjoy a drink and a picnic while taking a break from playing tennis. 1927
Players Bachelor cigarettes advertisementAdvertisement for awfully good Players cigarettes. A dapper chap in evening wear generously offers one to his female companion. 1930
Two men playing draughts - The Veteran Defeated. circa 1820
On the Silent Stage with Bedells and Morrison, GriffithOn the Silent Stage with Phyliss Bedells and Jack Morrison (in the Famous Players Lasky British film The Mystery Road), Corinne Griffith (in the Vitagraph film The Broadway Bubble)
Football Thuggery - the nature of the real game at hand as the players of the opposing sides knock lumps out of each other
Communist China - workers playing basketballWorkers playing and watching a game of basketball after work during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970
Communist China - workers playing table tennisWorkers playing and watching a game of table tennis during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970
Suzanne Lenglen & Mrs Jay Gould at Monte CarloMrs Frank Jay Gould, nee Florence de Caze (1893-1985), wife of wealthy philanthropist and businessman Frank Jay Gould. Together with him
Strokes at Wimbledon - caricatures of tennis playersCaricatures of various stars at Wimbledon tennis championships in 1934. Fred Perry can be seen top left and Suzanne Lenglen to the right of him
YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, IndiaGroup photo, YMCA football team, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, winners of the Rampur Cup in 1907. Date: 1907
Boys playing cricket on a greetings card -- Butter Fingers. A fielder is hit on the nose by a ball he is trying to catch. Date: circa 1890s
Boys playing football on a greetings card -- Well Kicked Fatty. Date: circa 1890s
Boys playing football on a Christmas card -- A Little Collision, or The Bandaged Foot. Date: circa 1890s
Sketch cover - tennis player Eileen BennettEileen Bennett Whittingstall (16 July 1907 ca. 18 August 1979, female tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931)
Tatler cover - Helen Wills MoodyHELEN WILLS MOODY (1905-1998) American tennis player and eight times winner of Wimbledon. Nicknamed Little Miss Poker Face. Championed the wearing of the sun visor which she is pictured wearing here
Players advertisement, 1927Advertisement for Players cigarettes, featuring an elegant flapper with a sleek blonde bob enjoying a sample and blowing smoke rings. Date: 1927
Mrs Fearnley Whittingstall (Eileen Bennett)Eileen Bennett Whittingstall (16 July 1907 ca. 18 August 1979, female tennis player from the United Kingdom who won six Grand Slam doubles titles from 1927 to 1931. Date: 1931
Teddy Tinling on the French RivieraCuthbert Collingwood " Ted" Tinling (1910-1990) - English tennis player and fashion designer pictured with Miss Ryan
Girls eating lollipops march alongside bagpipe players at aYoung girls eating lollipops march alongside bagpipe players at a school fete Date: circa 1981
King of Sweden. Suzanne Lenglen Riviera tennis, 1922From left, Arthur Balfour, Mrs Beamish, Suzanne Lenglen and the King of Sweden (Gustav V) on the tennis courts at Hotel Beau Site in Cannes in 1922
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex. Date: 1962
Vietnam - Musicians - SaigonVietnam - Musicians - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). Two men with their Dan Tranh, a plucked Zither (similar to the Chinese guzheng, the Japanese koto)
China - Two Musicians having a break and a drink. The two instruments in front of them are a Sanxian and a Yuegin (Moon Guitar). Date: circa 1908
Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional playThree Chinese Actresses taking part in a traditional play. Date: circa 1906
Traditional Chinese Musical troupe / Group / Band, with a variety of traditional Chinese Musical Instruments including: Sanxian, Gong, Cymbals drums, horns and a bell. Date: circa 1910s
Theatrical Troupe supporting Womens Suffrage MovementA Theatrical Troupe performing a play supporting Womens Suffrage Movement Date: circa 1908
Medieval era. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes MeurMedieval society. Craps players. Miniature Livre de Bonnes Meurs by Jacques Le Grand (m.1415). French school
Paul the sharper, by spanish writer Francisco de Quevedo (15Paul the sharper. Picaresque novel by spanish writer of the baroque era Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645). Written around 1604 and published in 1626. Illustration (19th century). Book I. Chapter X
Frauenlob, German poet (d. 1318), listening to a musician. Codex Manesse (ca.1300) by Rudiger Manesse and his son Johannes. Miniature. Folio 399r. University of Heidelberg. Library. Germany
Birth of Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). ItalyBirth of Mary. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin. Italy
Residential home with the family playing cricket. Warwick, 1875. New York. United States. Engraving
Japan - Female Japanese musical group and dancers. Date: circa 1905
Flower Market in Hong Kong, ChinaFlower Market on a sloping street in Hong Kong, China. Adverts are for the new Nohorn Machines (record player) and Graca & Co postcard and stamp dealer. Date: circa 1910
Advertisement, Players Navy Cut tobaccoAdvertisement for Players Navy Cut tobacco and cigarettes, showing sailor on the deck of a ship, smoking a pipe -- Leading The Way. 20th century
Theatre poster, John Loves Mary, Rochester Community Players. The play, by Norman Krasna, opened on Broadway, New York, in February 1948. The film version appeared the following year
Crate label, Football, selected Almeria grapes, Dalias, Norberto Ferrer, Carcagente, Valencia, Spain. 1940s
Caricature of Dion Boucicault and three other actorsCaricature of Dion Boucicault (?1820-1890), Irish actor and playwright -- Address to the Players. Indicating a poster behind him
Group photo, women police officers in cricket teamGroup photo, women police officers in a cricket team. They include WPC Haywood (centre, holding cup), Commander Sally Hubbard, ? Summers, Superintendent Joan Partridge, ? Sims
Presentation of cup to cricket team captainPresentation of a cup to WPC Haywood, captain of the policewomens cricket team. Date: 1971
Women police officers in tennis gear, Pembridge HallWomen police officers in tennis gear, with racquets, on the steps of Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2
League match - Everton vs. Blackburn Rovers, 1893Page from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, depicting scenes from a league match between Everton and Blackburn Rovers at Liverpool
Tennis players at Beechgrove Tennis Club, MoffatTennis players at Beech Grove Tennis Club, Moffat, site of the South Scotland Tennis Championships and close to Moffat Hydro Date: circa 1911