Sporty Collection

Three Jowett Models 1952
The Bradford will disappear without a trace; but the Jupiter and especially the Javelin will attract many admirers for their sporty looks and performance

Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing woman
A woman in a fetching sporty outfit of silky shorts and stockings takes out her frustrations on a punch bag dressed up as a man. Date: 1929

Seven women police officers in netball team
Seven women police officers in the 1954 Met Police netball team, posing with a ball and a netball post. They include Heather Walker, Nora Blacklock, June Barrett and Pat Stacke. Date: 1954

Golfing Woman 1907
A modern sporty girl wears a gored skirt, blouse with detachable all-round collar worn with a tie, a large flat cap & a broad belt to accentuate her tiny waist

Advertisement for Ford Anglia cars -- male and female models posing (Geraldine Hill, Susan Ingram and Ossie O Leary). 1959

A coat by Moorcott to drive a Triumph sports car
A girl wearing a green and white Scottish tweed coat with deep raglan sleeves and slit pockets designed by Moorcot, sits in a Triumph 2 litre sports model capable of well over 100 mph! Date: 1953

Sporty Lacrosse Girl - The Sporting Girl - " The Fellows like the girl of sport, shes such a jolly, chummy sort." Date: circa 1910s

A Sporty White Sunbeam Alpine in a Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam Rootes Motors Limited brochure 1960

Sporty equestrian blond posing with her horse
Team-mates - a very pretty sporty equestrian blond in jodhpurs and boots, standing holding the bridle of her thoroughbred black stallion, gloved hand on hip. Date: early 1940s

Tennis Pin-Up 1950S
An athletic, glamorous blonde in pristine whites (shorts, blouse, plimsolls, bobby socks & red belt), wooden racquet & with fuzzy balls in hand, stands on tip-toe at the net

Country Hunt in India
Sporty Englishmen are accompanied by a motley pack of hounds as they seek to recapture the glory of the chase on an Indian plain

Lady and Pomeranian
A lady in boots and a sporty outfit takes her pomeranian for its morning walk

SPORTY LADY 1927
Cover for Die Dame featuring a sporty woman. The background is covered with hunting pictures, dogs, saddles &c. Taken from the printed page, the original no longer exists. Date: March 1927

Typical Autumn day citywear - a sporty suit worn underneath a fur coloured sportscoat with a feathered hat. Date: circa 1930

Sporting girls
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Advertisement for Maison Lyons chocolates showing art deco style figures indulging in various sport and leisure activities

The Sportsmans Study The Sportsmans Study
The Sportsmans Study. circa 1835

Sketch cover, Binnie Hale in Sunny at the Hippodrome
Binnie Hale pictured on the cover of The Sketch in the gym costume she wore in the title role of the hit comedy musical, Sunny, at the London Hippodrome in 1926. Date: 1926

The Hoffman Girls in rehearsals
The Hoffman Girls, the dance troupe founded, managed and choreographed by Gertrude Hoffman, pictured in rehearsals for Leap Year which had had a successful run at the London Hippodrome

Sporty Italian couple on holidy jog through the surf Date: 1905

Chocolate box design, lady with tennis racquet
Chocolate box design, featuring a lady holding a tennis racquet. Date: 20th century

CULOTTES ON CYCLES 1937
Two French ladies cycle into the countryside on their tandem clad in tailored costumes comprised of culottes (divided skirts), a belted blouse or D-B jacket. Date: 1937

Youthful British Beauty holding her hockey stick
A rather spectacular British Beauty resting her hockey stick on her shoulder Date: 1914

Sporty French Tennis Girl prepares to serve. One hopes that her choice of woollen top, tie and thick bonnet does not cause her to overheat by the second set...! Date: 1920

A Jolly Tennis girl volleys home another winner! Date: 1914

Happy Birthday Greetings card - Dutch - Tennis Player. Date: circa 1920s

Girl with Beach Ball
Playful blonde model poses with an enormous beach ball on golden sands wearing a red & white striped cowl neck top & tiny red shorts

Childrens Spring Fashions, 1930s
Childrens fashions for the spring of 1930. Top left shows a golf outfit for boys from Rowe (just like papa!). Middle picture is a chic tweed and wool jersey ensemble from Gooch s

Greyhound racing - Cover of Sporting & Dramatic News
Front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the new sport of greyhound racing. Top left photograph shows Be Sporty, an outstanding hurdler and top right shows Tall Oak

The Duke of Edinburgh plays hockey for HMS Chequers
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (wearing dark glasses) pictured in action in the midst of a hockey match in which his ship, HMS Chequers, took on HMS Forth in Malta. Date: 1950

French Trad Lady Hunter
A sporty Frenchwoman wears the traditional dress of the belle chasseuse, modelled on 18th century fashions

Young lady shortly fails to walk the tightrope
A young lady reads out a learned treatise upon tight-rope walking in a circus rather than actually performing on the high wire herself! Date: 1923

Stylish lady wearing a sports suit by H J Nicholl
A young stylish lady wearing a sports suit by H J Nicholl. She is now all ready for a vigorous game of tennis. Date: 1923

Stylish young lady practises her hurdling at the station. Other people standing nearby are wondering what she is doing. Date: 1923

Young lady jumps over her bed, practising the hurdles
A sporty young lady jumps over the bed (disturbing the dogs and the neighbours in the flat beneath), practising her hurdling. Date: 1923

The Physical Culture Girl. A phenomenon of the early 20th century when mass gymnastics and exercise became popular. Date: 1909

Young lady unafraid of the effects of the sun on her skin
A sporty young lady golfer is unafraid of the effects of the sun and the wind on her skin, as she has taken advise from the Salon of Mademoiselle Helena Rubinstein of 24 Grafton Street, Bond Street

Lady hurdles over the chiffonier
A lady hurdles over the cherished chiffonier (low sideboard) of her great aunt, because she is practising her hurdling for a forthcoming athletic competition. Date: 1923

Stylish young lady wearing a self-made hurdling outfit. Date: 1923

Young lady sitting on cushions dreaming of trophies
Young sporty lady sitting on cushions, dreaming of the trophies she wants to win when she takes part in athletics competition in the spring. Date: 1923

Dresses by Lanvin winter sportswear made from Rodier textiles. 1929

Gentleman on a 1914 Connaught Blackburn motorcycle
Gentleman wearing a leather helmet sat on a 1914 Connaught Blackburn 350cc direct drive motorcycle on the road circa 1914

Jantzen swimwear
Jantzen swimming costumes made from Lastex yarn, modelled by a relaxed group of bright young things. Available from Jaeger. Date: 1934

Sporty American Girl holding two exercise clubs. She appears to ahve forgotten her gym outfit.... Date: circa 1920

Residential home with the family playing cricket. Warwick, 1875. New York. United States. Engraving

Four police officers playing mixed doubles tennis
Four police officers (including WPC Alison Blair, right) playing a mixed doubles tennis match. Date: circa 1960s

Group photo, women police officers in cricket team
Group 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 captain
Presentation of a cup to WPC Haywood, captain of the policewomens cricket team. Date: 1971

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