Runner Collection (page 2)

Domestic interior with beaded curtain
A domestic interior with a beaded curtain with another, flowery curtain on either side. Pictures stand on easels on either side, and there are various potted plants

Jesse Owens, Berlin 1936 Olympics
James Cleveland Jesse Owens American athlete, four times champion at the Olympic Games in Berlin, August 1936. August 1936

Cross country racing by Rene Vincent
Illustration showing a cross country runner being sheltered from the rain by a gallant gentleman

Cat and kittens on the stairs
Unusual Friends - cat and kittens on the stairs. 1950s

David Moorcroft, British runner, in Cornwall
David Moorcroft (b.1953), British middle-distance and long-distance runner, signing autographs at a fun run in Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Close up of British Caribbean marathon runner, wearing his medal and holding the foil wrap. Building in back ground Date: 1983

British Caribbean marathon runner, with foil wrap, standing in front of a red bus Date: 1983

British Caribbean marathon runner, completed the race sponsored by Gillette, standing in front of the barriers Date: 1983

British Caribbean runner standing with wind swept foil wrap, people sitting on the grass in the back ground Date: 1990

British Caribbean marathon runner stand facing the camera, other runners walking by, people in the back ground Date: 1990

Marathon runners with silver white and blue ADT foil wraps, by the red buses. Runner, left of the picture holding a ADT gift bags Date: 1990

British Caribbean runner standing with ADT sponsored foil wrap, buildings, people and greenery in the back ground Date: 1990

British Caribbean marathon runner standing with medal, on the pavement in front of a white tent. Marathon sponsored by ADT Date: 1990

Runner holding an accordion - Istanbul, Turkey
A Turkish Fireman - a runner who ran ahead to warn of a fire, making an almighty wail and a racket on his accordion. Date: 1873

Selfridges Employee Beauty Competition 1927
Winners and runner-ups in a beauty competition held for the employees of Selfridges department store. First prize awarded to Miss Mulready from the model millinery department. Date: 1927

Tattooed post runner with letter, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Post runner with letter, Japan, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Messengers proclaim victory in the Russo-Japanese War
Two post runners proclaiming good news to the populace as they race along the road bearing a proclamation, they heads adorned with both the National Flag of Japan

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Swift the Runners Wife. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Swift the Runners Son. circa 1930s

Fairies of the Garden - The Scarlet Runner. 1903

Happy Families Playing Cards - Mr Swift the Runner. circa 1930s

Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Swift the Runners Daughter. circa 1930s

Walter Goodall George, runner. Date: 1884

Niagara Falls / Rum Runner
Niagara Falls: a rum-runner is swept over the falls during the Prohibition Era Date: 1931

Running backwards racing forward runners at Harvard
Black athlete running the 75 yards faster than forward-running sprinters could run 100 yards at Harvard Stadium in 1927. Date: 1927

Victorian Scrap - Athlete Flat Race Runner. late 19th century

W. A. M. Edwards, athlete
W.A.M. Edwards, one of the best Oxford athletes of the 1930s. He won the University cross-country race two years in succession; and also the Three Miles for Oxford at Queens in 1928

Woman athlete in starting position
A young woman athlete in starting position at a sports track. Date: circa 1930s

Women athletes on the starting line
Five women athletes on the starting line at a sports track, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1930s

Ships lined up on a beach. Date: circa 1920s

Jungle-runner, Ameiva ameiva, and tegu, Tupinambis teguixin.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

Firefighters in aA 4x110 yards relay race
Firefighters in Amateur Athletic Association 4x110 yards senior relay championship final. The winner was D A Hitchman of Birchfield Harriers (C6), second was R Holtum of Belgrave Harriers (B1)

LFB firefighters in 100 yards race, White City Stadium
LFB firefighters in a 100 yards race for the Brigade Championship Final at White City Stadium, 30 August 1958. They are taking part in the LFB Athletic Association 47th Annual Athletic Meeting

Post runner, Japan

Sportsmens Battalion having a sing-song, WW1
Some members of the Sportsmen Battalion having a sing around a piano. Most of the soldiers pictured are county cricketers but there is also C R Little, the Canadian baseball player

Tommy Hampson collapsed after 800m win, 1932 Olympics
Thomas " Tommy" Hampson (1907 1965), British athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Pictured on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting

Athlete / Tavernari
The Italian runner TAVERNARI, who won another World Record at Budapest, Hungary, on 15 June, covering 500 metres in just 1 minute and 2/9ths of a second! Date: 1930s

Japan - Two Japanese women and a baby take a rickshaw ride
Kobe, Japan - Two Japanese women and a baby take a rickshaw ride Date: circa 1904

Japanese Woman with paper umbrella transported by Rickshaw. Date: circa 1910s

Green Beans - Advertorial postcard for Dutch Hero Company
Advertorial postcard for the Dutch Hero Company, featuring some green beans. Date: circa 1930s

Willie Applegarth - English Champion Sprinter
William Reuben " Willie" Applegarth (1890-1958) - won bronze medal at the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912. Date: 1912

Illustrations for Michael and the Mighty Men

Runner Beans 19C
Runner bean. Date: 19th century

Sport and celebrities in the Bystander
Page from the Bystander showing, from top left, lady Chesham with her greyhound, Silver Chain, a runner at White City stadium

Reiff, winner of the 5, 000 metres, 1948 London Olympics
Belgian long-distance runner Reiff managed to snatch the lead from the Czech competitor Zatopek with three laps to go, to win the 5, 000 metres at 1984 London Olympic Games. Date: 1948

Front cover of the Sphere, the Olympic torch enters Wembley
Photograph taken during the opening ceremony of the 1948 Olympic Games in London, as the last runner enters Wembley Stadium with the Olympic flame, ready to set light to the Olympic Altar. Date: 1948

Expressions and Impressions, 1948 London Olympic Games
A selection of striking athletic images captured at the 1948 London Olympic Games. Date: 1948

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