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Toss Collection

Background imageToss Collection: 1909 FA Cup Final: Manchester United beats Bristol City 1-0

1909 FA Cup Final: Manchester United beats Bristol City 1-0
The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Manchester United beat Bristol City by one goal to nil. Players including A. Turnbull, C. Roberts, W

Background imageToss Collection: Cooking Crepes 1911

Cooking Crepes 1911
A French family watch mama toss crepes in a pan by the fire

Background imageToss Collection: Tossing the pancake, Shrove Tuesday, Westminster School

Tossing the pancake, Shrove Tuesday, Westminster School
Tossing the pancake on Shrove Tuesday at Westminster School, London. 19th century

Background imageToss Collection: Men playing toss and pitch, Victorian period

Men playing toss and pitch, Victorian period

Background imageToss Collection: Toss and Pitch game

Toss and Pitch game

Background imageToss Collection: Pitch and Toss gambling game, Victorian period

Pitch and Toss gambling game, Victorian period

Background imageToss Collection: The ghost of a dead lover

The ghost of a dead lover draws the bride away from her bridegroom - thou and I together, In the outcast weather Toss and howl and spin

Background imageToss Collection: Comic postcard, Scotsman drinking in a pub

Comic postcard, Scotsman drinking in a pub Date: 20th century

Background imageToss Collection: Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)

Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose (Disraeli, Gladstone)
Cartoon, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose -- a satirical comment on the rivalry between Disraeli (left) and Gladstone (right) over the electoral reform question

Background imageToss Collection: Medieval men playing the game of franc-carreau

Medieval men playing the game of franc-carreau, by throwing a coin onto a square, others playing a similar game with a round tile

Background imageToss Collection: Fashionable people playing the game of ring toss, 1818

Fashionable people playing the game of ring toss, 1818
Fashionable people playing the game of ring toss, la bague volante, from an engraving in le Bon Genre, 1818. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse)

Background imageToss Collection: Old men playing petit palet or shove ha penny

Old men playing petit palet or shove ha penny in a park, 18th century. Lithograph from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports and Games of Skill (Sports et Jeux d Adresse), Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1903

Background imageToss Collection: The game of tonneau or barrel

The game of tonneau or barrel
The game of tonneau (a throwing game where players try to throw pellets into a barrel with small holes in the top). Handcoloured lithograph after Decamps from Henry Rene Allemagnes Sports

Background imageToss Collection: Playbill, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Playbill, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Royal, Birmingham
Pantomime playbill, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre Royal, Birmingham

Background imageToss Collection: America. American Drink Glasses 1850

America. American Drink Glasses 1850
Prototype for the cocktail shaker, 2 glasses, that fit together, used to shake ice, flavourings and alcohol. The drink depicted is a mint julep with lemon peel, ice

Background imageToss Collection: Female cheerleaders, or baton twirlers

Female cheerleaders, or baton twirlers
A group of female cheerleaders, or baton twirlers, practise outside the premises of Ely Garnett and Son in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. See also Mary Evans Picture number 12445364 Date: 1988

Background imageToss Collection: Pieman and Costers

Pieman and Costers
A coster boy and girl toss a coin for a pie Date: circa 1862

Background imageToss Collection: The Toss Up

The Toss Up
Hand coloured. Illustration of two men standing in a dingy, candle-lit room with wooden ceiling. One is holding out a fist as if arguing, and has a pipe

Background imageToss Collection: Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, cockerel

Nursery Rhymes -- bull and dog, cockerel
Nursery Rhymes -- two illustrations, showing a bull tossing an unfortunate dog into the air, and a cock crowing at sunrise, waking all the farmyard animals. Date: early 20th century

Background imageToss Collection: Olympics / 1920 / Football

Olympics / 1920 / Football
Football match between Belgium and Czechoslovakia: tossing the coin Date: 1920

Background imageToss Collection: Toss up for Derby 1849

Toss up for Derby 1849
A toss up for the Derby A satire on gambling

Background imageToss Collection: Hunting Alphabet - J

Hunting Alphabet - J
I J stands for Jorrocks of famed Handley Cross - but oh, the poor fellow has taken a toss !


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