Historical Sports Photography

Vintage photographs capturing sports action and events from the early to mid-20th century, depicting the spirit of competition.

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Paardenmarkt on a racecourse. 1956

Image of the gymnastics and athletics demonstrations on the municipal sports grounds on the Thorbeckelaan in Utrecht on the occasion of the 25-year anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina.

Sports (Three-Legged Race). 1939-01-01T00:00:00. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

KNVB photo collection. Dutch national team, relaxing for the interior against Belgium. From left to right: Toine Van Renterghem, Reinier Beeuwkes, Iman Dozy (front), Ben Stupid, Louis Van Gogh (Behind), John Heijning (front), Karel Heijting, Pieter Boelmans ter Spill, Willem Janssen and Ferry van der Vinne.Belgia - the Netherlands (1-3, after extension), played on April 14, 1907 at the Beerschot territory in Antwerp. Setup: Reinier Beeuwkes (DFC), Ben Stupid (Velocitas Breda), John Heijning (HVV, captain), Karel Heijting (HVV), Willem Janssen (PW), Iman Dozy (Ajax Leiden), Toine van Renterghem (HBS), Louis Van Gogh (HFC), Pieter Boelmans ter Spill (HFC), Constant Feith (HVV) and Ferry van der Vinne (HFC) .. April 14, 1907. Antwerp, Beerschot site

06/28/1919. Madrid. Yesterday's Bullfighting Festival. An appearance of the bullring during the bullfight held to benefit the press association.

St. Andrews: Surviving Open Championship by Brown, James Michael (1843-1947) Private Collection 1905 Great Britain Pen, brush, grey and brown colour, watercolour on paper Graphic arts Genre

The picture shows men and women who make gymnastics exercises in formation during a sports party.In the foreground, a podium is seen where two leaders show exercises for the group.Behind the podium is a small bladder orchestra that delivers the musical frame .. The picture shows men and women who make gymnastics exercises in formation during a sports party.In the foreground, a podium is seen where two leaders show exercises for the group.Behind the podium shows a small bladder orchestra that delivers the musical frame.

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

Chicago girls at Sokol Sports, Prague, Austria

Company that plays a game outside with a blindfold, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Europe cardboard. photographic support albumen print blindfold games Europe

"Roamer" wins at Belmont

Anefo photo collection. Dravers in Municipal Sports Park in Hilversum, Draverij to the Hollandia Prize. December 27, 1964. Hilversum

Paris, La Foire aux Pains d'Épice, a Paris, Two acrobats on a square in Paris, France, photomechanical print, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, height 111 mm, width 171 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1891 - 1896, paper, autotype

Anonymous. Height of the goalkeeper 1.70 / Pershing 1925 stadium. "Stade Pershing, 12th arrondissement, Paris". Gelatino-silver-bromide draw. in 1925-1925. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123821-18

Anefo photo collection. Matches per Arreslee in half way on the ice. February 18, 1956. Halfweg

Line-up, Harvard

Making a Touchdown , Princeton Football Team, Champions of '93. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1893. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Princeton (N.J.), College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.), Football, Football players, Bleachers

Baseball game. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, California 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Image of members of the Utrechtsche Gymnastiek and Screen Association at a coach during a sports tournament in Amersfoort.

Albumin photograph of the Lawn Tennis Ground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, showing tennis courts, surrounding trees, pathways, and park landscape.

Baseball Fans - Chicago Day at White Sox Park

Race meeting, horse and camel. Beersheba. Second and third horse following. 1940, Israel

Skiers outside hut black-and-white prints

Spectators at tennis match, Casino, Newport

KNVB photo collection. Players and officials of the Dutch national team during a trip in and around Stockholm.nederland - Sweden (4-3, after extension), played on 29 June 1912 during the Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm .. June 29, 1912. Stockholm, Sweden

Gelatin silver print - Group portrait of curling players, Outremont, Quebec, 1920-1930

The Lawn from the Grandstand black-and-white negatives

Reproduction of a painting by Adolf Dillens, skating riders, Johann Franz Michiels, 1870 - 1887 photograph Belgium paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Bullfighter in an arena; El Diestrísimo Estudiante de Falces, Embozado Burla Al Toro Con Sus Quiebros; Bullfighting; La Tauromaquia. A torero (bullfighter) wrapped in a cape and battle with a bull. According to the title it concerns a student of Falces, a legendary bullfighter. A group of spectators on the gallery.

Stereo negative with motifs from horse jumping, unknown place.

Introducing Georges Carpentier , Boxers Sports, Sports spectators, Salutations, Carpentier, Georges, 1894-1975, Dempsey, Jack, 1895-1983. George Bellows (1882-1925). Prints and Drawings

Start of 10 mi. race -- Col. U.

500 mile race, Indianapolis

At the Wellington v Canterbury Association match, Basin Reserve, 03 June 1913, Wellington, by Zak (Joseph Zachariah).

Three people at a hockey game between clubs from Hilversum and Amsterdam, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika (Circle of), 1912 photograph These photos are part of an album. cardboard. baryta paper hockey

Madrid, June 1922. The horse «Albano», by M. de Ussia, winner of the Madrid Grand Prix.

Wayland baseball field , Crowds, Baseball, Athletic fields. Wayland Free Public Library Cage Collection

Horse race in acation i.e. action , Steeplechases, Jockeys, Race horses. Leon Abdalian Collection

Trick negative, Bill Garry as pitcher, batter, and catcher for West Roxbury team , Baseball players. Leon Abdalian Collection

Trick negative, Bill Garry as pitcher, batter, and catcher for West Roxbury team , Baseball players. Leon Abdalian Collection

Orville Wright

Sleighing, Central Park, N.Y. American views. 1860 - 1896. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Winter , New York (State) , New York

Cavalerist, a barrier, Karel Alexander Enklaar, 1890 - 1895 photograph Netherlands baryta paper. cardboard riding a horse, ass, or mule; rider, horseman. jumping (horse in motion) Netherlands

Runners at start of Brooklyn Marathon, New York

On Sports Day, each classes' students compete against each other. The typical games include tug of war, races and sometimes football.

Fans on the field at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 World Series , Baseball, Stadiums, Sports spectators. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection

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

Bullfight with picador in an arena in Madrid. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Madrid, 04/18/1952. An appearance of the courts of the Puerta de Hierro Golf Club during one of the matches of the Quadrangular Tournament that is being held between Spanish, Italian, French and Swiss players.

Ski competition in 1919.

Anefo photo collection. Tour de France, 2nd stage, Rene Privat first. June 27, 1960

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

Polo, Brown, Lieut. Palmes

Basketball, Durland's: Shooting for a basket

The Sandown autumn meeting where the British thoroughbred racehorse, Bayardo, was victorious. Date: 1909

'The Stadium, Athens', 1913. Artist: Unknown.

Anefo photo collection. Skating competitions Veenoord Jan Swirls and Adri Doets. January 25, 1954. Drenthe, Veenoord

Woman makes a floating dive in swimming pool. Part of family album with photos of a Dutch-Indian family and from a sugar factory in PurnWorejo.

KNVB photo collection. Players and officials during a trip in Milan.italy - The Netherlands (3-2), played on December 2, 1928 in the San Siro stadium in Milan .. December 2, 1928. Milan, San Siro

Athletics, Festival of Invalides Athletics, invalid feast ". Photography of Eug�ne Atget (1857-1927), 1898.

Skating, Prospect Park, Brooklyn George Bradford Brainerd (American, 1845-1887). , ca. 1872-1887. Collodion silver glass wet plate negative ca. 1872-1887

Popular pastimes in N.Z. - Jumping at the A & P Show, Auckland, 1900s, Auckland, by F E Stewart.

Paris (France), November 1912. Flying bicycle competition. Aviette piloted by former champion Jacquelín in the Parc des Princes.

Horse racing course, c. 1900 photograph Germany photographic support. paper gelatin silver print race-track Germany

Piping Rock Races

KNVB photo collection. Players and officials inspect the playing field.Italy - the Netherlands (1-1), played on May 13, 1920 in Genoa Club Stadium in Genoa .. May 13, 1920. Genoa

KNVB photo collection. Players and officials during a trip in and around Paris.nederland - Sweden (1-3), played on June 9, 1924 in Stade The Colombes during the Olympic Games in Paris. 9 June 1924. France, Paris

Cyclists at the finish line in Catania during the Tour of Sicily, Italy, photograph by Lo Casero and G Belloni, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 46, November 15, 1908.

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Visitors and parking lot of a large sports stadium

Sport Cricket Covers. April 04, 1932.

Photographs showing various views of the Eton vs. Harrow Cricket match, held at Lords Cricket Ground, London, 1910. The images show (clockwise from top left): R.S.L. Fowler and D.G. Wigan of Eton; a group of spectators sitting on top of their carriage; T.O. Jameson and T.B. Wilson of Harrow; the ground viewed during the lunch break; a family arriving at the ground. Date: 1910

Men Dragging Field With Two Teams of Horses. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Locals playing football at phosphate (fertiliser) works on the island of Nauru in the South Pacific

St Mandé / The departure of a race of young people. Departure of a race of young people on Lake Saint-Mandé, 12th arrondissement, Paris. Winter sports festival. "Departure of a race of young people on the lake of Saint-Mandé, Paris (XIIth Arr.)". Photograph of Georges Devred for the Rol Agency. 1929.

Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience! I reckon that this move could be termed 'the reclined starfish'... Date: circa 1920s

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

Maybell Meek and Gladys Moore of "Midnight Sons", posing together on ball field during newsboys benefit

From the magazine La Vie au Grand Air (Life in the Outdoors); Black and white photographs of Europeans demonstrating different types of bicycle competitions, including bicycle jumps, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Madrid, May 1909. Pigeon shooting in the Casa de Campo. The shooters celebrating the champion's victory.

Elsevier photo collection. Report Noord-Holland. Rijksweg De Laarder Heide, Amsterdam takes breath fresh time Sundays. 1933. Laren (Noord-Holland), Noord-Holland

Multiple exposure photo with same baseball player appearing as pitcher, batter, and catcher , Baseball players. Leon Abdalian Collection

Olympic Athletes, City Hall

A game of curling, Edinburgh, by William McCraw.

Tennis players

Description: African Life. Some of the Sons of the Late Chief Bokweni Mamba. Location: Swaziland Date: 1951 Description: African Life. National Dancing at Lobamba. Location: Lobamba, Swaziland Date: 1951 Description: African Life. National Dancing at Lobamba. Location: Lobamba, Swaziland Date: 1951 africa

Judges for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic. Dated 20th Century

San Sebastian, 09/05/1919. Tennis championship. An interesting play on opening day.

Huntington Avenue Grounds, 1903 Season , Baseball, Stadiums, Boston Red Sox Baseball team, Cleveland Blues Baseball team. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection

Image of athletes of the Utrechtsche Gymnastiek- and screen association BATO during, presumably, a circle match of the Stichtse Turnkring or a federal match of the K.N.G.V. (Royal Dutch Gymnastics Association).

Golf, palermo province, sicily, italy.

Take off Jean Piccard for an experiment with altitude balloons in Rochester, Anonymous, 1937 photograph Rochester photographic support gelatin silver print experiment, test ~ science and technology. balloon (aviation)

Boston Red Sox at Spring Training, Arizona , Baseball players, Railroad locomotives, Boston Red Sox Baseball team, McGreevy, Michael T.. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection

Jimmie Collins Raising Championship Flag, Opening Day , Baseball players, Baseball, Boston Red Sox Baseball team, Washington Senators Baseball team : 1901-1960. Michael T. -Nuf Ced- McGreevy Collection

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

Cycling riders Cyclist riders ". Photo club of Paris. Gélatino-Chloride draw.

Tennis.Photo 4 on album 45 album "Amsterdam 1890-1894".

'The Decisive blow' Boule Players - Brittany, France - Beuzec-Cap-Sizun. Date: circa 1910s

Start of Vanderbilt Cup Race '08

08/15/1918. The August Festivities in Deva. Appearance of the square during the bullfight in which the right-handed Eibarres Eduardo Acha (Achita) performed as the matador.

Picture of the brothers Jacobus Johannes Groen (Left, 1912-1973) and Willem Christoffel Groen (Right, 1910-1994) on the ice of the Utrecht ice club De Zilveren Schaats; Between them in Nel Warnar (1901-1994).

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