Throwing Gallery

Discus Throwing - Olympics, London 1908

Classic Games at Shepherd's Bush - Four positions in throwing the discus. Series of four photographs showing the positions adopted while throwing the discus, one of the ancient Greek sports to be included in the London Olympic Games in 1908. Date: 1908

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A Diabolo player by German photographer Reinhold Thiele

Composite photograph of a Diabolo player by noted photographer (Karl Anton) Reinhold Thiele (1856-1921), born in Hamelin, Germany. Thiele arrived in London in 1878 to work for William Henry Prestwich and joined the London Stereoscopic Company in 1880. Thiele specialising in photographing football teams and became one of the first press photographers. He was a pioneer of flashlight photography fom his Chancery Lane Studio. Date: 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

WW2 - Patriotic Czech League in London

WW2 - Patriotic Czech League in London - 'Way to go to it'. Many of the Czech soldiers (and civilians) that had managed to escape from Czechoslovakia when Germany invaded in 1939, decided not to stay in Poland and made their way to France and Britain instead. The British reformed approximately 3, 300 Czechs into the 1st Czechoslovak Mixed Brigade Group in July 1940. This brigade consisted of two infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, as well as smaller specialist units (communication, engineers etc). The British also organised the 200th Czechoslovak Light AA Regiment, with some 1, 500 men. In September 1943, the two units were merged to become the 1st Czechoslovak Independent Armoured Brigade, with around 4, 000 men operational strength. Date: circa 1940

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection