Playing Collection (page 21)

c. 1880s Japan - geishas playing musical instruments
c.1880s Japan - geishas playing the shamisen and koto musical instruments

Woman playing koto stringed musical instrument, Japan
Young woman playing a koto stringed musical instrument, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Children playing on the beach aat Runswick Bay Yorkshire. Vintage 19th century photograph

Children playing on the beach at Scarborough Yorkshire. Vintage 19th century photograph

A group of young women playing with balls, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Young woman playing with her baby. Vintage 19th century photograph

Children playing hopscotch, Japan. Vintage 19th century photograph

Group of Chinese men outdoors playing board games
Vintage 19th century photograph: Group of Chinese men outdoors playing board games

Ice hockey St Moritz 1900, Switzerland, men cross dressing
Vintage 19th century/1900 photograph: Women playing ice hockey St Moritz 1900, Switzerland, men cross dressing, humourous

Two young girls playing on the rocks on a Cornish beach
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Animals Cricket Match
Anthropomorphic animals having fun playing cricket. Artist: Frederick Sharman Date: 1931

A little girl pictured playing on the beach at Bognor Regis, 1920s. Date: 1920s

A little girl grins for her photograph, alongside some toy building blocks. Date: 1945-1955

A band, most of whom are wearing disguise of heavy eyebrows and moustaches, presumably a gimmick during a performance, or just for the hell of it

Edwardian Bathing
Edwardian women and child playing in the sea. Artist: Mittie Morris Date: circa 1910

Cats Playing with a Spider
Black and ginger cats playing with a spider. Artist: Eileen Hood Date: circa 1930

Ladies golf at St. Andrew s
Page from The Illustrated London News with sketches depicting ladies golf at St. Andrew s. 1889

Fairy Songs
A Song of Flowers. Fantasy image of a fairy amongst flowers playing a mandolin. Artist: Flora White. Date: circa 1930

A public recreation ground for children built on the site of Marshalsea Prison, opened by Lord Monkswell on 25 January 1902 and named after Charles Dickenss heroine, Little Dorritt

Rescue Workers playing basketball at a Depot. Date: circa 1942

Mother and child playing in the Champs-Elysees, 1832
Woman and child with hoop playing in the park. In the Champs Elysees, 1832. She wears a lace collar, dress with leg of mutton sleeves, bonnet and muff

Historical views of Persia (Iran). View of the city of Gombroon (Bandar Abbas) on the Persian Gulf 58, the courtesan Thais leading Alexander the Great to set fire to Persepolis 59

Mandinka man playing a balafon with sticks
Mandinka man playing a balafon or gourd xylophone with sticks. In the background, men sit outside a hut or granary near a river. A negro playing on the balafo

Children playing on carts cutting up a newly-rolled
Children playing on carts and toys cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive. More miseries. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Man on horseback behind a slow-moving cart on a narrow lane
Gentleman on horseback caught behind a slow-moving cart on a narrow lane at sunset. Miseries of the country. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed

Young English gentlemen playing a game of billiards
Young English gentleman playing a game of billiards with a soldier in uniform in a club, watched by a large group of men. iHandcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Thomas

King George IV of England arriving in Ireland, 1821
King George IV of England arriving for his tour of Ireland, August 12, 1821. Irish peasants raise their hats and cheer. His Majesty landing on the Pier at Howth

Actors playing Henry Tudor fighting King Richard III of England on stage in a theatre. Other actors wait in the wings in tunics with red and white roses

French costumes of the 15th century
French costumes of the late 15th century. A woman on a throne at a banquet surrounded by allegorical figures of women, one with a pet squirrel, others playing board games

Fashionable man and woman playing in the Bois de Boulogne. Delassemens du Bois de Boulogne. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Canons of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Canonici del S. Sepolcro. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Four Chinese merchants playing the game of odd or even (Tui-Tsu) in summer clothes, China, 19th century. A man uses a stick to move the cash bets on the table

Women playing the card game Zi Pai in a pavilion in
Women playing the card game Zi Pai in a pavilion with blue canopies in a garden, China, 19th century. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi after Egor Fedorovich Timkovski from Giulio Ferrarios

Cupid playing a drum with his standard on a column. Exercising his drum, having placed his banner in safety. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by William Nelson Gardiner after an illustration by

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a woman playing the piano. Death and the Musical Student. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a woman sewing a garment. Death and the Seamstress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by Benedictus Antonio Van Assen

Portrait of Augusta Georgina Frederica Fitzclarence
Augusta Georgina Frederica Fitzclarence, daughter of Lord Frederic Fitzclarence, illegitimate son of King William IV. She wears her hair in ringlets and ribbons

Woman playing golf in a loosely pleated toile suit, beige gaiters, felt hat. Blouse a plis creux en toile, kaki guetres hautes en drap beige, chapeau a feutre

Woman in dress of printed linen playing diabolo, 1913
Woman in dress of printed linen playing a game of diabolo or Chinese yo-yo. Robe de linon imprime. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil)

Three young Italian sisters by their Christmas Tree
Three young Italian sisters playing with their toys underneath the Christmas tree. Date: 1911

Foots Cray (Footscray), South East London, England - named after Godwin Fot, a local Saxon landowner recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and from the River Cray that passes through the village

Le Salon Royal - Lyon Exposition Internationale (Belgian Section). The Exposition internationale urbaine de Lyon was the 1914 Worlds Fair in the French city of Lyon

The Games Room, or Penny Arcade at the American Red Cross Club, Rainbow Corner, the main centre for US servicemen in London during the Second World War with the promise of having

Children playing in rowing boat on beach at Gorleston-on-Sea
Seven young children playing in a rowing boat on the beach at Gorleston-on-Sea. Date: circa 1910s

Two smart young boys play with their model tin soldiers
Two smart young boys (in matching bowties!) play with their model soldiers in this studio shoot. Date: circa 1910

Large group of French Schoolgirls dressed as a deck of cards
Large group of French Schoolgirls from Clermont-Ferrand posing for a photograph wearing wonderful playing card costumes - the whole deck is featured, including Kings, Queens, Jacks

Musical chairs
Children having fun playing musical chairs accompanied by a pianist. Artist: Anon. Date: circa 1902

Angel with a violin
Christmas greeting card depicting an angel on a cloud playing a violin and stars in the background. Date: circa 1906

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