Vintage Sports Action Shots

A collection of black-and-white images showcasing diverse vintage sports activities including tennis, long jump, baseball pitching, weightlifting, and running. The mood is energetic and athletic.

Vintage photograph. Man doing cartwheel in grass

Vintage Photograph. Woman jumping over tennis court net.

Vintage photograph. runner in mid air for long jump.

Vintage Photograph. A baseball pitcher winding up to throw a pitch.

Melbourne physical culture experts watch critically as Dot Francis does an up-and-down with dumbells during a demonstration of latest American figure-contouring methods in Cheltenham Park. June 23, 1955.

Vintage Photograph. With arms outstretched runner crosses the finish line first.

Low angle view of American football player

A man dressed in white, jumping over a hurdle; sequences. Photograph.

Vintage photograph. Man doing cartwheel in grass

Dancer on Rooftop. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Reykjavik. Icelandic wrestling (Glima). Two members of the Glimateam of the Menntaskolinn in Aktie. Another team member with banner looks. 1934. Iceland, Reykjavik

Vintage Photograph. Dodging a tackle and running around.

Somersault nearly completed. Newell has food view of pool, can sight where he will enter water. April 1, 1954.

Baseball baseman catching ball to strike out opponent

Baseball catcher holding up mitt ready to catch

Vintage Photograph. Teenaged girl ice-skating on pond.

Japanese American farm worker at swimming pool, he lives at a CCC camp now under FSA management. Rupert, Idaho 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Rupert, Idaho , Minidoka County

Student camp. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Elsevier photo collection. Series Preparation opera version. Fitness center. January 1942

Vintage photograph. Drum majorette performing with a twirling baton in a field

These Two Golfers -- Fighting out the final of the Victorian women's championship at Royal Melbourne today are regarded as the big hitters of the game. Miss Maxine Bishop (top), defencing champion, comes from Western Australian. Miss Judith Percy (lower) is from Queensland. The picture (right) shows their drives from the first tee. The course was wet with dew, giving little roll. Miss Bishop hits the longer ball. August 09, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. Dutch athletics championships in Groningen, J. Lace in action. August 14, 1965. Groningen

St. Moritz, Switzerland: c. 1925. Hilde Ruckert and Howard Nicholson show a perfect pairs' lift at this popular Swiss resort.

Men do gymnastic exercises on a lawn. Part of family album with photos of a Dutch-Indian family and from a sugar factory in PurnWorejo.

S. Fanell new firemen in the making. Going this physical exercises. October 20, 1938.

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Reykjavik. Icelandic wrestling (Glima). Two members of the Glimateam of the Menntaskolinn in Aktie. The other team members, one with a banner, look. 1934. Iceland, Reykjavik

Chopping wood in the 1950s. A man chopping wood with an axe. Oddly enough another mans head is appearing right where the axe is supposed to hit. Sweden 1956 Kristoffersson ref BX47-4

Vintage Photograph. Baseball player reaching for ball.

Vintage Photograph. A family hitting a beach ball back and forth at beach.

Low angle view of a cowboy walking on tightrope

Anefo photo collection. Gymnasia tournament (athletics). April 24, 1962

Introduction of Swedish gymnastics in Hamburg by Training Inspector Carl Möller - Exercises on the new Ribbst. .

1920s DIVING HORSE IN MIDAIR POPULAR ACT INVENTED 1894 BY WESTERN SHOWMAN DOC CARVER SEEN HERE IN FAIR AT BILLINGS MONTANA USA

Berlin, Germany: January 21, 1932 German schoolgirls taking thier daily hoop jumping exercises, which they do even in the winter snow.

Anefo photo collection. Ladies International Five Cost. June 25, 1960

Los Angeles, California: c. 1955. A woman stunt rider does a head stand off the side of her galloping horse.

Sports. 1940-09-01T00:00:00.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Turner am Reck. .

Anefo photo collection. National Turn Championships for Ladies Deventer Leni Gerritsen. January 10, 1954. Deventer

Vintage Photograph. Girls playing softball at summer camp

Anefo photo collection. Rolf Smitshuysen Hoela hoops in all positions. October 29, 1958

Two Boys Boxing, USA, circa 1931

Batter on strike one as umpire makes call

Anefo photo collection. Pole vault S. Wijs Linken B. Smith right D. Smith. July 22, 1962

1930S Woman Playing Tennis

Anefo photo collection. CHAMPIONSHIP POLDS FOLLOW in Winsum, Friesland. August 15, 1970. Friesland, Winsum

Vintage Photograph. Safe at Home; Action around home plate.

Do they admire my figure..

Tightrope performers at 4-H Club fair, Cimarron, Kansas. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Kansas , Cimarron, Kansas , Gray County

High jump..

Vintage photograph. Cheerleader jumping into the air on top of hill

Woman playing some type of curling game outdoors circa 1930s.

Vintage Photograph. Young woman with racket returning badminton hit.

Animal Corps Acrobat -- Holding tightly to hoops of a belt encircling the horse's middle, this Animal Transport Corps (Royal Army Service Corps) rider hurdles a fence during a trick riding rehearsal at Puckeridge Camp, Aldershot. The soldier (left) holds a white guide 'tape' to keep the reinless horse in a straight line during the trick. The rider, meanwhile, swings from one side of the horse to the other in a daring example of hairbreadth timing and complete trust in one's mount.Members of the Corps are rehearsing a variety of riding tricks for their appearance in the Royal Tournament at Earl's Court, London, in June. May 16, 1950. (Photo by ReuterPhoto).

HJ guide school - HJ doing sports. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Gymnastics. .

Photo collection Government information service. Police, sport. undated

Plainview, Texas: c.1943. One of the four horse diving team that a fourteen year old rancher's daughter has created on her father's ranch.

Vintage Photograph. Golfer focusing on a shot under the trees during a sunny day on the course.

Anefo photo collection. unknown . School soccer in Amsterdam. April 24, 1957. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Runners with batons race to cross the finish line first.

Vintage photograph. View looking up at football player jumping to catch football. Model released

United States: c. 1931 A young woman climbing up to the top of the wooden high dive platform.

Three baseball players in back yard

London, England: June 9, 1927 British dancer Laurie Devine performing with one of the weird masks that are now the craze amongst the London terpsichorean artists.

High angle view of a group of young women exercising

Anefo photo collection. Noordeuropean Waterski Championships Bosbaan (Jeanette Stewart Wood). August 22, 1964. Amsterdam, Amsterdamse Bos, Bosbaan, Noord-Holland

Eva Braun's Photo Albums, ca. 1913 - ca. 1944. These albums are attributed to Eva Braun (four are claimed by her friend Herta Schneider, nee Ostermeyer) and document her life from ca. 1913 to 1944. There are many photographs of Eva, her sisters and their children, Herta Schneider and her children, as well as photographs of Eva's vacations, family members and friends. Included also are photographs taken by and of Eva Braun at Hitler's chalet Berghof (or Kehlstein), photographs of Hitler and his entourage, visitors to Berghof and the scenery around Berchtesgaden, and some studio portraits of Eva and members of her family.

Portrait of a young man roller skating, c. 1908

Anefo photo collection. Soccer game Europacup I semi-final, Atlético Madrid - Ajax: 1-0. Vasovic (R) heads the ball to the goal. April 14, 1971. Madrid, Spain

Anefo photo collection. Silver KNVVL championships in Ermelo. Student with model plane. August 1, 1961. Ermelo

Diving in (OV2019_238)

1930s FRECKLE-FACED BOY WEARING KNICKERS CAP AND LEATHER GLOVE PLAYING BASEBALL LEANING BACK WINDING UP ABOUT TO PITCH THE BALL

Track and field athletics, three naked men at the start, Sprint, ca. 1929, 1920s, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe

A centuries-old Korean martial arts that focuses mainly on kicks and footwork's.

Vintage Photograph. Young women and men playing with volleyball on beach.

Vintage photograph. Runners on their mark about to sprint.

Vintage Photograph. Smiling blonde woman sitting on diving board near swimming pool holding up beach ball, backlit by sun

US Davis Cup. team - ***** Schroeder action. December 19, 1951.

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

Companion that plays outside a game with a blindfold ..

The correct bridge for playing under the cushion. Note that all fingers and thumb are able to grip the table and that wrist has been dropped, thus enabling the stroke to be played without raising the cue-butt high. Even with this sturdy bridge, however, it is still a nasty shot and nothing difficult should be attempted.Correct bridge for playing a ball under the cushion. All finger grip the table, the wrist is dropped for the stroke to be made with a low cue-butt. October 1, 1949. (Photo by J. Allan Cash).

Low angle view of majorette twirling baton

Poll photo collection. Iceland. Reykjavik. Icelandic wrestling (Glima). Two members of the Glimateam of the Menntaskolinn in Aktie. The other team members, one with a banner, look. 1934. Iceland, Reykjavik

1930s PORTRAIT SERIOUS PRETEEN BOY WEARING BASEBALL CAP AND STRIPED T-SHIRT HOLDING BASEBALL BAT WATCHING WAITING FOR THE PITCH

Jug Reynolds Performing Daredevil Balancing Act on High Cornice above Ninth Street N.W. Washington DC, USA, 1917

Young man balancing on slackline

Anefo photo collection. Training European Roe Championships on the Bosbaan, the English ski-deepuse Penelope Chuter bringing her boat to Bosbaan. July 28, 1964. Amsterdam, Amsterdamse Bos, Bosbaan, Noord-Holland

J. Reynolds Acrobat, performing acrobatic and balancing acts on top of building above 9th Street NW in Washington D.C. circa 1917.

Poll photo collection. Report photo model. Eva Waldschmidt plays with a ball on the beach. 1932. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Ouch! An American girl member of the Roller Derby team hits the boards hard during a match at Sydney Stadium.Member of Roller Derby team taken a hard fall in play at Sydney Stadium. August 29, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Assignment cor du buy (sport shoes). July 28, 1964

Anefo photo collection. Program of Circus Krone in Rotterdam The eight Mohameds, Aarlabars on the double springboard with O.A. The Saltomortal, four man high. June 11, 1959

Multiple exposure photo with same baseball player wearing West Roxbury uniform , Baseball players. Leon Abdalian Collection

Mildred 'Babe' Didrikson, (1911-1956), running in the first heat of the 80-meter hurdles, at the 1932 Olympics at Los Angeles. She won the Gold Medal for the event.

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