Historic Sports Events

Black and white images of various sports activities from the 1930s to 1950s, capturing moments of baseball, basketball, and community sports with a nostalgic feel.

Int'l Polo - Meadowbrook, L.I. 2nd day, 6/14/13

Vintage photograph. Volley Ball

Soldiers participating in a training camp activity at Camp Lee, Virginia. In this jump race, contestants have their feet tied together and are blindfolded. They must then run fifty yards to reach the finish line. The photograph was taken on July 21, 1919, and is part of the collection with reference number 60906.

Anefo photo collection. Rowing competitions on the Bosbaan. Finish second main number ladies double four. July 2, 1961. Amsterdam, Amsterdamse Bos, Bosbaan, Noord-Holland

USA, Erecting tent of small circus in New England town

Group of people practicing tennis on a tennis court

Anefo photo collection. Two sports parks opened by alderman Koets next Saturday. Aerial recording sports park Sloten. October 22, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Three men on cycling along a river near Pontoise, 1897 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Bridge paper. photographic support bicycle. riding, cycling (recreation). river. road, path Bridge

Boys Play Ball During a Field Day. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Red Lake Agency. 1964-. Photographs

Universal exhibition of 1900. The gymnastics competition at the Vincennes Jacques Anquetil velodrome, Paris (12th arr.). Industrial Photography Society or S.I.P. Draw on paper with gelatino silver bromide laminated on yellow card. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 99987-13 Year 1900, universal exhibition, 12th XII 12th 12th 12th arrondissement

Vintage photograph. People skating at Wollman Memorial Ice Rink in Central Park

Anefo photo collection. Women roofing champion from Amstel about 4 km. 25 April 1954. Amstel, Noord-Holland

Football practice. Ansel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar.

Anefo photo collection. Athletics competitions The Hague - London. Steeple Chase. July 26, 1961. The Hague

Anefo photo collection. International athletics youth competition on cedellebaan, the 1500 meters A juniors parses, winner (Dutch selection crew). June 14, 1964

Baseball game at Seibert Field, Massanutten Academy, Woodstock, Virginia, 1922. Spectators watch the game from a grandstand while others watch from cars in the far outfield. (BSLOC_2015_17_1)

A Hurdle race, U.S. Naval Academy field day | Library of Congress

Recreation Organization - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Recreation Organization - Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports, e.d., swimming pools, youth, exloërveen. undated. Exloërveen

Royal Navy in Malta during the Second World War A rating from an unknown Royal Navy vessel plays the ball during a game of cricket on an artificial wicket in Valletta, Malta. Seen fielding are a petty officer and Royal Marines.

Archery meet - digital file from original neg. | Library of Congress

Indian Workers Playing Softball during Noon Hour. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Newark, Earl W. Thompson wins 120 yds. hurdles

Anefo photo collection. Olympic Summer Games Helsinki (1952). Olympic swimming stadium. July 18, 1952. Finland, Helsinki

Horse racing and aviator visit.

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. First Life Guards Sports in Hyde Park. At the sports of the First Life Guards in Hyde Park our photo shows WAACs who are bent on winning in their tug-of-war contests at the First Life Guards Sports, held in Hyde Park, London. 1914-1918}. Groot-Brittannië, Hyde Park, Londen

Golf - Van Cortlandt Park New York

Sports. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Unidentified man on horse in motion , People. Hingham Public Library Glass Slide Collection

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo collection Government information service own, photo number 156-0879. 1956

Hungarian dance - Playground Ass'n Meeting New York

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Celebration Name DECEMBER DECEMBER DIVISION Extrazight (officers and sports competitions). Spears. December 7, 1946. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Job Corps - Recreation - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Illustration depicting a game of Bagball (beanbag toss). Dated 19th century

Anefo photo collection. Spartaterrein Rotterdam. July 11, 1956. Rotterdam, South Holland

Football games. Fotbollsspel.

1960s TEENAGE BOYS AND GIRLS EXERCISING ON PUBLIC SEASIDE RESORT GYMNASIUM EQUIPMENT LAGUNA BEACH ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA USA

To introduce Swedish gymnastics for women. Exercises at the bank in the new gymnastic clothing ...

12/31/1959. Students practicing tennis during a sports class.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Two Indonesians busy with a ball game. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Sports Day Rijkswerf - Army Workshops - Marine Aviation Technology, 1978.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 3 anniversary 3-1 Infantry regiment, sports parties Poerwakarta. Discus throw. May 2, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

USA, New Jersey, Jersey City, National Archery Association, 1916

Playing golf on Tooting Bec Common, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Unknown

Golfers, sanremo, liguria, italy, 1920-30.

Poll photo collection. Sport. Girls are luck on the grounds of the ice club. 1932. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Multiple exposure photo with same baseball player , Baseball players. Leon Abdalian Collection

Anefo photo collection. Preparations European Swimming Championships, Overzi 50 meter Bassin in Utrecht. September 27, 1965. Utrecht

skating at the rink for the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands, A.C. Bruyn, 1901.

Anefo photo collection. Ice hockey in the Apollohal in Amsterdam. October 1945. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Football match. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Vintage Photograph. Women hitting bird playing badminton.

Wellington Boys College, sports day crowds, November 1920, Wellington, by Roland Searle.

Ellington Common baseball game , Softball players, Softball. Jack Miller Collection

Photograph captures a football game between Squadron A from Post Field, Oklahoma, and Squadron B from Call Field, Texas. Taken on November 17, 1918 during World War I. Photograph number is 111-SC-29795, and it was taken by a photographer named RECO in 1918.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit Minister Romme to Grote Oost Makassar, Menado, Ambon, Flores, Surabaya. Flores. Maumere. Children do to acrobatics. January 31, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aviation festival at the Arena in Milan, acrobat on a rope and hot air balloons, Italy, photograph by Treves, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXI, No 24, June 12, 1904.

05/01/1961. Protagonists - Players - Training. Madrid players in training.

Duncan Dancers

Central Park, New York. (Instantaneous.) Skating Scene in Central Park, Winter 1866.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Florettfeden. .

Boys playing baseball, large building in background, in the vicinity of Worcester, Massachusetts. Joshua W. Moulton & John S. Moulton

Churchill's Take A Dip Enjoying a swim in the Lido today August 25 are Winston Churchill, Britain's wartime premier and his wife. The bather in the foreground at right is Unidentified. October 12,1951. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The tug-o-war black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Highland Mobile Construction Battalion-7 (MCB-7) played a baseball game during the Hue Sports Festival in the Republic of Vietnam in 1966. This photograph was taken on November 2, 1966, as part of the Rest and Relaxation activities for the soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Cowboys playing 'mumbly peg' during a break at the Turkey Track Ranch in Texas in 1906. Each player to flips or tosses his pocket knife in a progression of throws so that the knife sticks in the ground and stands erect. The term 'Mumblety-peg' came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 or 3 inches into the ground, which the loser of the game had to pull out with his teeth. Photo by Edwin E. Smith (BSLOC_2018_3_60)

Usa. Fbi Pistol Range

The Netherlands, Amsterdam, rowing competition with spectators. .

Men Setting a Stake in the Field. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pierre Agency. 1954-1972. Decimal Correspondence

Soldiers participating in a friendly tennis match on tennis courts in Nitro, West Virginia during World War One. The photograph was taken on September 7, 1919, by Pvt. Towslee and is identified as number 62638 in the collection. Notes indicate that the symbol "is aged A."

Columbia University football players - upper class eleven

06/22/1913. Last day of Racing. The Horse "Madras Ii", of the Conde de la Cimera, which yesterday won the first prize in the endurance race.

Soldiers at Fort Myer, Virginia, participate in a jiu-jitsu drill instructed by Captain Allen Smith. In this photograph, Lt. E. N. Jackson of Sig. R. C. is seen delivering a right-hand blow to the jaw of an opponent, causing staggering. Image taken in July 1918. Not for publication, for official use only.

Anefo photo collection. Miss Australia with plane model in Madurodam. April 29, 1966. The Hague, South Holland

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports competitions in the decapark on the occasion of the two-year existence of the quarter General. On the occasion of the 2-year anniversary of the service v.d. K.M.G. O.A. A sports program was finished. In the decapark in Batavia, a part of the final competitions was held on Sunday 14 March. DGK football match - HKAG?. March 14, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

McLeod & Vardon - golf

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Poerwokerto, Tegal and Banjoemas. Running competition. December 22, 1947. Banuymas, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Purwokerto, Tegal

Wellington lady bowlers, November 1908, Wellington, by Zak (Joseph Zachariah).

Description: Football match, Esplanade. Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Date: 1903 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Tennis.photo 1 on albumblad 46 from album "Amsterdam 1890-1894".

Sports training with the police. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Anefo photo collection. Olympic Summer Games Helsinki (1952). Olympic swimming stadium. July 18, 1952. Finland, Helsinki

Skating people on the ice. Skating people on the ice at IJsclub Utrecht. With caption: Ice club Utrecht.

Anefo photo collection. World Championships Model Flies with Line Control in Utrecht, Cuban participant in the work. July 9, 1976. Utrecht

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC 750 children participated in the anniversary games in Lahat (Sumatra). Tug of towing. August 31, 1948. Indonesia, Lahat, Dutch East Indies

Blind athletes at Overbrook, Pa.

Barrage gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Tennis in Germany, Garnisonslazarett Dresden, 1901, Tennisplatz im Garnison, Lazaerett

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sports competitions in the decapark on the occasion of the two-year existence of the quarter General. On the occasion of the 2-year anniversary of the service v.d. K.M.G. O.A. A sports program was finished. On Sunday 14 March in the decapark in Batavia a part of the final competitions was held. March 14, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

11/07/1982. Seville. Exhibition of firefighters at Expojuventud.

A Normal green bowls delivered at the same angle would finish in line, irrespective of the length of head. January 21, 1953.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Soldiers play volleyball. Children watch. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Description: Soccer Location: East Africa africa

Two men in long coats on skating, falling on a frozen pond in France, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doistau Fils, the army and sights in France. France paper. photographic support adult man. skates (winter sports). falling. trees: fir France

Vintage Photograph. Two young women playing badminton.

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Recreation sites, airports E.D., sports grounds. May 1961. Rijkevoort

Lifeguard, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, USA, circa 1905

Scrimmage, 1st & 2nd teams, Harvard, 9/26/12

Jack Miller , Cameras, Roads. Jack Miller Collection

12/31/1904. Inaugural match of the Barcelona stadium in Eixample.

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