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Historical Sports Events

Black and white images depicting historical sports events and spectators from the 1920s to 1950s, featuring baseball, horse racing, and football.

Suspended New York Yankees Baseball Player Babe Ruth, Sitting in Stands at Opening Day Game of Washington Senators versus New York Yankees, Griffith Stadium, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, April 12, 1922
Suspended New York Yankees Baseball Player Babe Ruth, Sitting in Stands at Opening Day Game of Washington Senators versus New York Yankees, Griffith Stadium, Washington DC, USA, Harris & Ewing, April 12, 1922
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Anefo photo collection. Football. Netherlands against Denmark in Rotterdam. Prince Bernhard and authorities in the stands. March 7, 1953. Rotterdam, South Holland
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Trainer Tom Maguire adjusts Dave Sands tapes before a workout at Newcastle where Sands is preparing for next Tuesday' Stadium bout with American Henry Brimm. August 3, 1950.
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Trainer P. Burke and Jockey R. Watts looked more pleased after the running of the Forrest Hurdle race than when photographed before the race at Caulfield today. Their charge, Melbourne, won the race. January 23, 1951.
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3000 m steeplechase (l. to r.) Dompert (Finland), Iso-Hollo and Tuominen, Germany, Europe
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12/31/1929. One of the Most Known Photos of Zamora. A shoulder injury prevented him from finishing the match, something that despite the greatest pain he never used to do. -.
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Anefo photo collection. Athletics championships Eindhoven Slijkhuis and De Ruyter. July 10, 1948. Eindhoven
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Anefo photo collection. Soccer Germany - The Netherlands 7-0 in Cologne. Seller or Suppoost with jacket with advertising printing ¨Helmut Rahn der Mann Mit Dem Golden fuss. Adidas Welmeisterschuh¨ October 21, 1959. Germany, Cologne
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Jack Gaxieu - Starter Australian Jockey Club was former well known amateur rider. December 20, 1949.
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Tommy Farr (British heavyweight champ) & his sparring partner Max Hodgetts leaping a tennis net during training at Blackheath, London. July 19, 1937.
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Anefo photo collection. 2 km swimming competition Leage pee, dropout in boat. 12 June 1954
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Jas. Clark, winner of Brooklyn Marathon, with others
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Presentation From a Prince - Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden Locked Very solemn when on Monday he Presented a Trophy to the winner of the Boy's Bicycle Scramble. May 20, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.)
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Golfer In Agony - But He Would Not Stop Playing.Photo Shows: Irish golfer James Bruen, his wrist injured, drivers in his Walker Cup foursome at Birkdale, Lancashire, yesterday. He grips the club with one hand. Pain shows on his face.Great Britain's defeat in the Walker Cup golf foursomes at Birkdale, Lancashire, yesterday by two matches to nil, with the other two halved was almost certainly due to an injury to the great Irish player, James Bruen. May 12, 1951. (Photo by Paul Popper)
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Anefo photo collection. Finish third stage of the Caltex Economy test in Park Sonsbeek in Arnhem. March 18, 1959. Arnhem, Gelderland
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Anefo photo collection. TT Assen 1966. Homage of Bill Ivy, winner 125cc class. 25 June 1966. Assen
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Capt. Hart - McGregor - Princeton
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Greenbrier Tennis Festival, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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Lewis Tewanima
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United States: c. 1926 A coach applies a band-aid to the nose of one of his players.
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05/15/1917. HM the King, winner for the second time of the thirty-meter championship in the Pigeon shot. Photo: Martínez Mora.
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Boston, Massachusetts, April 15, 1926 Boston Mayor Malcolm Nichols throws out the first baseball of the season in the opening game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees.
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Non-playing Davis Cup captains Gerald Patterson (Australia) left, and Walter Pate (US), center, discuss the brand of tennis ball to be used in the Challenge Round with ALTA president, Sir Norman Brookes. November 24, 1946.
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Jim Thorpe greeted by Mayor William Gaynor (3rd from left) in Olympic ceremony at New York City Hall, Aug. 24, 1912. Thorpe, a Native American of the Sac and Fox Nation, won gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon (BSLOC_2018_4_178)
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Seen on the side lines at the Tea Bowl game in London are girls of the Dagenham Girl Pipers and players of the USSTAF, ASC Warriors. The Warriors beat the Shuttle Raiders of the 8th Air force by the score of 13-0 before 12,000 spectators. Left to
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Sports competitions in Wästra Hästbo Idrottstävlingar i Wästra Hästbo
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Beaurepaire entertained visiting English cricketers during the 1946 Test series. Beaurepaire has a private swimming pool at his home. March 13, 1952.
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09/05/1922. Saint Sebastian. In Horse Racing. HM the Queen (1) with Ss. Ah. the Infantas Doña Beatriz (2) and Doña Cristina (3, Upon their Arrival at the "Stand".
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Track Discussion: Jockey W. Briscoe (left) and apprentice J. Hickey discuss Doncaster prospects during a lull in track work. Briscoe will ride victory Lad-one of trainer Lewis two candidates- in the big mile. April 08, 1947.
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Jack Green (trainer). April 1, 1953.
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Photograph showing the podium for the Decathlon during the 1932 Olympic games. Jim Bausch (1906 - 1974)for the USA took gold. Akilles "Aki" Eero Johannes Järvinen (1905 - 1943) for Finland took Silver. Wolrad Eberle (1908 - 1949) for Germany took bronze.
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Tennis Exhibition Matches.H.M. the Queen H.R.H. Princess Margaret, and the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. C.R. Attlee, watching the stars at play at Highest to-day.Princess Margaret, with H.M. the Queen, to-day (Tuesday), attended the Lawn Tennis Exhibition matches held at highgate. Many leading Wimbledon players, including the Dominion, American and Continental stars took part in the matches. January 08, 1948.
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12/31/1940. The Coaches' pit did not yet exist when Zamora began directing Atletico Aviación. Here Following the game on the Vallecas field. Approximate date.
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Highfield Riding School's gymkhana at Punchbowl.L to R: Joyce Provins, Bernie G'Neill and The Moon. September 6, 1939.
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March 1917. Pigeon shooting in Madrid. The Count of Artaza, winner of the A 25 Meters championship.
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Anefo photo collection. Davos. Dutch skating team. Kees Broekman. January 28, 1953. Davos
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United States, 1913Barney Oldfield, the best known race car driver in the world, reaffirms his decision to retire from the race game in a letter to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Barney refused to enter a car in the Harvest Auto Racing Classic to be held on Sept. 9 on the Indianapolis track. He assured T.E. Myers, general manager, that he would never come East again to enter competition, and said that it was probable that he never would drive even an exhibition mile. The photograph is one of the most recent taken of the "0ld Man of the Race Game", and it is considered one of the best, for it shows every line and gives à close-up view of the cigar which the driver is never with- out.
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KNVB photo collection. Tension and joy along the line during the interland between the Netherlands and België.nederland - Belgium (9-3), played on 11 March 1934 in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam. 11 March 1934. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Photograph of the podium for the foil Individual (fencing) at the 1932 Olympic games. Gustavo Marzi (1908 - 1966) took gold, Joseph Levis (1905 - 2005) silver and bronze Giulio Gaudini (1904 - 1948).
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Wellington College, sports day official Nitrate negatives, black-and-white negatives
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Pre-Race Chat -- P.J. Collins, at the wheel of a Connaught, has a pre-race talk with Reg Parnell who later broke the lap record in a Ferrari, before Crystal palace Trophy Race at the National Car Race meeting at Crystal Palace, South London, to-day (Saturday). Parnell, hot favourite to win the Trophy, won his first heat and broke the lap record with a time of one minute 7 seconds - and average of 74.69 miles an hour. June 19, 1954. (Photo by Reuter Photo).
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Well Done, Kid - Mr. Winston Churchill has a victory pat for his winning colt, Canyon Kid, after the race. Mr. Winston Churchill was at Windsor, Berkshire Races to-day (Wednesday) to see his new two-year-old Canyon Kid win its first race-the Speedy Stakes, over five furlongs. T. Gosling rode the colt to Victory, beating Lady de Trafford's Rasselas, W.H. Carr up, and Mr. Morry Levy's Mysterious Lad, with Gordon Richards in the Saddle. May 31, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).
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05/08/1919. Madrid. In the pigeon shooting at the Casa de Campo. Mr. Rafael Osborne, winner of the Spanish championship in the Shoots of These Days.
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American driver, Joe Dawson, after winning the 1912 Indianapolis 500 automobile race, May 30, 1912 (BSLOC_2018_4_168)
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Glen Hardin (Canada), and John Loaring, winner of the 400 m hurdles, USA, North America
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Hunting. H.R.H. The Duke of Gloucester attends meet of the Belvoir foxhounds at Thorpe Arnold, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, Feb. 6th. The Duke of Gloucester after a hard run with the hounds. August 11, 1931. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.).
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Glen Cunningham (New Zealand), and Jack Lovelock, middle distance running, 1500 m, USA, North America
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Anefo photo collection. PSV against Spartak Plovdiv 0-0 for Europe Cup. Bram apple on a stand. November 27, 1963. Eindhoven
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Third Favorite Jack Trusler and Jamaican Herb McKenley, another Gift semi-finalist go for a run in "civvies" at Stawell. April 22, 1954.
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'At YMCA Sports Carnival', 1919 (1937). Artist: Unknown.
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End Of Night's Work For Ruby - Referee Ruby Goldstein becomes an early victim of the oppressive heat around the ring during title bout between Sugar Ray Robinson and Joey Maxim at Yankee Stadium last night. At end of tenth round Ruby has his pulse checked by Dr. Alexander Schiff (upper left), Commission physician; he starts to mark his card (upper right); the heat gets him as substitute referee Ray Miller (lower left) enters ring. At lower right, the collapsing Goldstein is led away by Dr. Schiff. June 26, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Congratulations for veteran rower Frank Fisher are given by Pere Whelan, whom Fisher saved from drowning when he was four years old. To celebrate his retirement from active rowing, Fisher rowed from Drummoyne to Bondi and back today. January 05, 1952.
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Earle Meadows, USA, the pole vault winner, signing autographs, Goldmedal, victory, 1st place, North America
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These Egyptian competitors in the Daily Mail cross channel swim are (left) Famy Attallah, Abd Hassan Rehim (who was the first man to finish) and Marei Hassan Hamad (third to land at Dover).Competing in Daily Mail Cross Channel Swim.L - R. Fahmy Attallah, Abd Hassan Rehim, Marei Hassan Hamad, all from Egypt. August 16, 1950. (Photo by Daily Mail Contract Picture).
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Anefo photo collection. Skating competitions for IJsselcup in Deventer no. 12: Kees Broekman and C. Geyssen, no. 13, 14, 15: L. Prommer, head,. November 23, 1968. Deventer
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12/31/1929. Valencia: the black Alf Brown, weighing in for the world boxing championship.
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Description Athletes from the Tanzanian Amateur Athletics Association (TAAA). Location: Tanganyika sport, athletes, africa
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05/17/1911. Gibert who came in third place.
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Photograph of German brothers Franz and Toni Schmid at the 1932 Olympic games. Franz and Tony Schmidt received the Olympic Alpine Prize for their "first ascent of the North Face of the Matterhorn".
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06/30/1912. International Shooting Competition. Messrs. Calvet, Bento, Castro, Moreno Sierra and Navarre who form the Spanish Martini pistol and rifle teams, respectively, which are to take part in the Biarritz-Bayonne international shooting competition.
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Poll photo collection. Scotland - The Highlands. Bagpipe player during the Highland Games, a nineteenth century continuation of traditional clan games from the highlands of Scotland. 1934. Great Britain, Scotland
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Jack Ferris - Deceased - Cricket - Slow Left Bowler. October 5, 1936.