Playing Collection (page 93)

Cheating with Cards
A man tucks a card up his sleeve in an attempt to cheat. Date: late 1960s

Playing in the Sea
A mother and daughter try to pull each other over. Date: late 1960s

CHILDREN BEING CRABS
Two children lie on their backs and make crabs. Date: 1930s

Girl and boy playing shuttlecock and battledore

Two kittens playing with a doll on a birthday postcard. Date: 1915

Child leaves toy horse to chase Jack Sparrow
The child leaves the toy horse to chase Jack Sparrow, who is far more interesting. Jack hopes the child will frighten the cat away. Date: 1937

Leslie Hutchinson
Leslie Hutch Hutchinson (1900 - 1969), born in Grenada and one of the biggest cabaret stars of the 1920s and 30s. Pictured in caricature in 1953 while playing a season at the London society

Three girls with skipping ropes
Three girls with their skipping ropes on a village green. 1880

L Wain. Oranges & lemons
Oranges & Lemons. Artist: Louis Wain. Happy cats playing Oranges and Lemonsin the fields Date: 1904

Two boys playing at riding a Carriage. One urges on the team of four piebald hobby horses with a whip, while the other sends forth a blast on his horn announcing their departure. Date: circa 1910s

Two illustrations, The Queen of the Pirate Isle, showing (1) Polly riding on the back of her cousin Hickory Hunt, as they pretend to make for a desert island in a storm

Illustration with music, A Romp, showing children dancing and playing. first published 1881

Three boys playing at Fox Hunting, two on their hobby horses and one wearing a fox suit! They even have two dogs with them. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas. 3 girls with a baby and a harlequin doll. Artist: Harriet Bennett. 3 girls playing with a baby boy and a new toy. Date: circa 1900

British troops playing football at Christmas, Salonika, WW1
British army officers and men of the 26th Division Train playing football on Christmas Day at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 25 December 1915

Illustration, Ball, showing three children playing with a ball, watched by a pet cat. 1885

Bears in a bear pit, Paris
Bears in a bear pit in Paris, with people watching from above. 19th century

Nanny with five children all in a line
Just a Line - a play on this phrase as meaning both a jotted note to a friend (the postcard) and the image on the card, showing nanny, with a line of five children, in decreasing height order

Children playing with hoops and sticks
Children playing with their hoops and sticks, trying to see how fast they can go. One of them has fallen over. first published 1879

A Anderson. Hop Scotch (Xmas)
Hop Scotch. Artist: Anne Anderson. Children playing a traditional game Date: circa 1921

Three children playing on a bridge. Tommy thinks he can fly, but soon finds out that he can t. first published 1879

Illustration with music, Playtime, showing a group of children playing in the street, and a vase of flowers on the right. first published 1881

Three little girls in straw bonnets on a village green, with a shuttlecock and battledore, a skipping rope and a ball. Their names are Polly, Peg and Poppety. first published 1879

A Anderson. Blind Mans Buff (Xmas)
Blind Mans Buff. Artist: Anne Anderson. Children playing a traditional game Date: circa 1921

Child playing with a toy horse
A child playing with a toy horse, trying to pull its tail out. Date: 1937

Edwardian children playing tennis. Artist: Hilda Dix Sandford. Edwardian boys and girls playing A Game of Tennis Date: circa 1908

Children and a dog play on a seesaw in Scotland, showing the strong bond and trust man has in dogs. Date: 20th century

Australian band playing in square, Bapaume, France, WW1
An Australian band playing in the town square at Bapaume, northern France, during the First World War, with ruined buildings in the background and debris on the ground. Date: circa 1917

Three children playing on a hill. A girl and boy dance, while another boy sits on a stile and plays a penny trumpet. Below is a hen and her chicks. first published 1879

Ring a Ring of Roses. Artist Anon. Children playing the traditional game in the country Date: 1911

Good Baby -- little girl washing doll
Good Baby -- a little girl washing her doll. Date: early 20th century

Australian band playing a march, Bapaume, France, WW1
The band of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, led by Bandmaster Pheagan of 19th Battalion, playing the Victoria March at Grand Place (the main square), Bapaume, northern France

Three Boys playing with Soldier Marionnettes - World War Two era. Date: circa 1940

German prisoners of war with musical instruments, WW1
German prisoners of war in a detention camp, some of them with musical instruments, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Street music: Talent appreciated, 1869
A cook and parlourmaid admire an organ grinder and his " expressive" playing from a downstairs window. Date: 1869

H Miller. In & out & round about
In and Out and Round About. Children playing in a crocodile around an arcade with columns. 20th century

London street musicians, 1848
A musical trio ply their trade on the streets of London. Date: 1848

Russian street musician, 1868
A street musician of Tiflis, Georgia, Russia. Date: 1868

Street music: Gypsies playing guitar, 1855
Gypsies playing guitar on the streets of Paris attract the attention of a passing shop girl and some gentlemen. Date: 1855

Street music: Queen serenaded, 1870
A street serenade by masked musicians to Isabella II, the exiled Queen of Spain. Date: 1870

Istanbul - back street view
Istanbul, Turkey - back street view Date: circa 1940s

Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, WW1
Portuguese infantry marching through Saint-Floris, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Decorative Christmas frieze - children playing in snow
Three children enjoy playing in the snow, sliding on ice and building a snowman. 1920s

And all the little singing birds listen to the tune (The Fairy Flute). 1922

Girl with snowballs. 20th century

Sennhutte - Switzerland - A Cheese Factory Date: circa 1910s

Granpop Makes Whoopee for the Royal Wedding
Lawson Woods own tribute to the 1934 royal wedding between Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina of Greece, showing his orang utan character

H Miller. For shes a grand lady
For shes a grand lady -- thats very clear. Children playing a game in a garden. 20th century

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