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Vintage Sports Photography

Historical images depicting various sports from the 1920s to 1950s, showcasing athletes in action, including skating and gymnastics.

Gymnastics in the 1940s. Four young female gymnasts are practicing together and doing the same movement. 1940s Sweden Photo Kristoffersson ref M106-6
Gymnastics in the 1940s. Four young female gymnasts are practicing together and doing the same movement. 1940s Sweden Photo Kristoffersson ref M106-6
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Anefo photo collection. Elfstedentocht 1963. The participants are heating in the postuma garage. January 18, 1963. Friesland, LeeuwardenAnefo photo collection. Mission Gelderlander, Training Hockey team by Hans Kraay. February 16, 1965Low angle view of five football players in a huddleAnefo photo collection. National Championship Degenschreens in Amsterdam. Game moment. November 21, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandA Question Of Balance -- Tay Ru, the amazing acrobat appearing in the great Arnold Circus at the Harringay Arena, London. Tay Ru balances himself upside down supported on the tip of one finger - with his ankles tied together. January 11, 1949.Vintage Composite Photograph circa 1890s. Ice hockey match, Victoria Rink, with decoration banners and a large crowd. Montreal, Canada . Credits: George Horne Russell, Notman & SonAnefo photo collection. Twister championship in the Netherlands in Minerva pavilion. November 12, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. European indoor athletics championships, Egbert Nijstad on the head. March 11, 1973Anefo photo collection. European Championship Qualifying Interland Netherlands Cyprus 8-0; Competition hours stopped bomb, Cypriot goalkeeper Andreas Charitou grabs head exploding bomb. October 28, 198707/14/1992. Barcelona 15..7..92...Olympic Games Barcelona 92...Olympic Village.Anefo photo collection. Dutch Championships Billiards Ereklasse 47/1 in Nijmegen, H. Scholte on bump. November 10, 1960. NijmegenAnefo photo collection. On the skate to school Jaap Verberg from Den Burg op Texel. 11 February 1963. Den Burg, TexelAnefo photo collection. Sport and game in old and new rai; Screens in the new RAI. July 22, 1974Bennett sisters wrestling, circa 1910Anefo photo collection. Fitness training of the Netherlands Water poozevental v.L.n.R. Jan Sicma, Wormgoor, Harry Friend, H. Ran, H. Muller and W. friend. January 11, 1961Gymnastics in the 1950s. Young women training gymnastics. Sweden April 1954Anefo photo collection. unknown . Boudewijn on the Museumplein in Amsterdam. July 3, 1959Showgirl on the ice, England, Great BritainAnefo photo collection. European skate championships in Deventer, the Rus Matusevich (head). January 23, 1966. Deventer, RussiaBoy running and playing with tire, Honduras.Anefo photo collection. Dutch championships skating ladies and gentlemen in Deventer. Honoring ladies and gentlemen together. January 10, 1970. DeventerAnefo photo collection. Dutch Championships billiards 47/1. Nijnatten. 11 February 1962Men practicing Nada kushti, traditional Indian wrestling, Mysore, Karnataka, India Copyright: xTxSatyan/DinodiaxPhotoxAnefo photo collection. German choreographer Kurt Jooss studies a ballet at the National Ballet. Choreographers, dancers, dancers. April 4, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Liverpool against Ajax 2-2, semi-awareness football supporter along the field, keeper Lawrence one and all the face to battle. December 14, 1966. LiverpoolAnefo photo collection. Volendammer girls on the skate. January 31, 1954. Noord-Holland, VolendamA girl in sturdy shoes and long socks, probably school uniform, perches on top of a signpost by the B579 road near Chalton in Bedfordshire. Date: 1950Two Nude Bodybuilders at a Swimming Pool c.1958Anefo photo collection. European skate championships in Lathi, Finland, ceremony number 1, 2 and 3 in 3000 meters. January 29, 1967. FinlandAnefo photo collection. Walking man with boat from glass on his back. October 11, 1950Anefo photo collection. Sports and game for children in holiday in Oude Rai, Amsterdam; Nr. 12: Boys hang on ropes, no. 13: Little boy learns bicycles. July 13, 1970. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. European swimming championships, BiMolt Kleet (right). August 27, 1966Poll 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, ReykjavikRecruits from the Women Recruit Training Command participate in calisthenics during basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Anefo photo collection. Dutch athletics championships Rotterdam. Els van Noorduyn spears. August 13, 1967. Rotterdam, South HollandAnefo photo collection. Gymnastics world championships 1966 in Dortmund. The Russian gymnast Serge Diomido in action on the bridge with equal leggers. September 22, 1966. Dortmund, West GermanyAnefo photo collection. Cycling races in Olympic Stadium Amsterdam. August 17, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandVintage photograph. Side view of man throwing bowling ball down lane.Sports - Fencing - Till - 1969. March 25, 1940.Anefo photo collection. Sports event Chinese Sporthallen South Amsterdam (opening ceremony). October 16, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Five and Tienkamp in Papendal, etc. The Noorlander in action. July 8, 1972. Arnhem, GelderlandHigh angle view of a male ballet dancer practicing in a hallAnefo photo collection. Artificial ice rink on Leidseplein, 25.26 Children with Skippy balls 27.28 Advertising boards are hung on the edge. December 16, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Ajax against NAC 3-0. Peter van der Merwe on the floor (with glasses). May 12, 1968All this pushing and shoving which has gone on for 107 years is Eton College's recent annual wall game between Collegers (striped caps) and Oppidans, who won by two shies to nil.The attackers score a shy (1 point) by raising the ball against the wall and touching it adequately.The ball (somewhere among the arms and legs) is then thrown at the goal - 10 points for a bullseye.Last goal was in 1909 - and there's only been three scored in the game's history, all by the Collegers.Oppidans, however, have still won 37 games all told to Collegers 31. December 21, 1947.Anefo photo collection. Central hockey training at the Olympic Stadium led by Mr. Bronkhorst. February 5, 1963Warsaw. People tanning on the beam on the Vistula; Pra 1961 (1961-00-00-1961-00-00);Anefo photo collection. Feijenoord to the South of France left, Treaty team O.A. Pieters Graafland, Moulijn, Kraay. January 29, 1963. Rotterdam, South HollandAnefo photo collection. Skaters make Parachute jump at Paraclub Icaras. June 16, 1973Men throwing balls, 1930s, exact place unknown, Germany, EuropeAnefo photo collection. FC Koln-ADO 3-0, around Europacup II Keeper Heyeres from Koln is wounded on the ground. November 27, 1968Australia's pentathlon representative at Helsinki Olympic Games Forbes Carlile, will meet one or more of these five British pentothlon athletes here practicing fencing at a British Army school as part of their training. April 03, 1952.Anefo photo collection. MP Erica Verkekerk Terpstra gave Jaap Edenbaan Startsein for national skating four days that also starts on 13 other jobs, 3 and 4. 16 February 1981Anefo photo collection. Beachloop AAC in Ijmuiden, a large man mass on the beach. 26 February 1967. IJmuidenPoll photo collection. Visiting Icking. Hermann Kreaultmeier measures distance between the boules balls on a lawn. June 1964. Germany, Munich, West Germany07/14/1992. Barcelona 15..7..92...Olympic Games Barcelona 92...Olympic Village.Anefo photo collection. Modder bath fights in Amsterdamse Discotheque Flora Palace to European Championship. April 1, 1982Volley Ball game, Ansel AdamsVolley Ball Game, Classic PhotographySkiing. Skidåkning.Vintage Photograph. Female basketball players are seen shooting the ball to the hoop with the others playing defense.Gymnastics in the 1950s. The popular womens housewife gymnastics is being practiced everywhere. Here a large number of women are exercising together outdoors. Sweden June 1954ginnastica in cortile, 1961Anefo photo collection. Strandzesdaagse started in Hoek van Holland. One of the participants does it for the line. July 29, 1968. Hoek van HollandAnefo photo collection. Profrondond of the Netherlands 1979. Stapped winner Gerrie Kneterman (R) during the honoring through the roundemiss. August 14, 1979. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Ajax in KNVB sports center Zeist, billiards Cruijff, Muller Pronk. February 27, 1967. Utrecht, ZeistHolga and artistic shot of a skateboarder. Light leaks and burn in and outs.Anefo photo collection. "Odori" dance team from Japan arrive at Schiphol "Odori Dancing at Schiphol. April 28, 1969. Noord-Holland, SchipholJapan, Tokyo, Ryogoku, Hard morning training at Sumo stableWest End School Swimming Team, circa 1930, by William Oakley. F B Butler/Crown Studios Collection. Gift of Frederick B Butler, 1971.Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Men, lawns, sports, referees, volleyball. undatedChicago, Illinois, March 1, 1926Two men and a woman playing miniature golf at the National Golf Show and Country Club Exposition.Anefo photo collection. Boxing, Trading Rudi Koopmans in connection with combat O European title Half-halterweight against Aldo Traversaro; Rudi Koopmans (R) with. February 1, 1979Anefo photo collection. Sugar town tournament in Krasnapolsky. Nikolai Missjanski watches Gantwarg. December 28, 1973. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Equestrian sport series. 26 February 1961Anefo photo collection. TurnInterland Netherlands-West Germany in Groningen. September 20, 1969. Groningen (city)Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Sports at the police school in Suriname. October 1, 1955. SurinameAnefo photo collection. World skating championships for amateurs in Deventer, Claeson is collected after the 10 kilometers by coach Kees Broekman. 18 February 1973. DeventerAnefo photo collection. Skating mole tour through South Holland. Skaters crossing crawling ring dike. December 27, 1961. South HollandFormer President Jimmy Carter jogs with a group of soldiers, as he takes time off from his Caribbean cruise to visit the installation. Base: Fort Buchanan, San Juan State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)Anefo photo collection. Mug Hilversum 5 years various sports parties 6/6 film. March 6, 1951. HilversumJapan, Tokyo, Ryogoku, Hard morning training at Sumo stableVintage Photograph. Shipmates playing Deck Tennis.Anefo photo collection. Dutch championships skating 1967 at the Jaap Edenbaan. Stien Kaiser. January 8, 1967. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Dutch Jeu de Boules championships. May 28, 1978Hard morning training at Sumo stable, Ryogoku, TokyoAnefo photo collection. World Cup Skates in Assen. Rolf Sibromy encourages the public. February 21, 1982. AssenAnefo photo collection. Fair Sportief88 Jaarbeurs; Skiban trade fair. 19 1988Anefo photo collection. Hockey the Netherlands against Kenya, players of Kenya with Knotj. May 1, 1966. Kenya, the NetherlandsAnefo photo collection. World Skating Skating Championships in Oslo; Honoring world champion v.l.n.r. Gronvold (2nd), Ard Schenk (1st) Jan Bols (3E). February 20, 1972. OsloAnefo photo collection. European ROOM Championships Bosbaan Amsterdam, skiff France. August 1, 1964. Amsterdam, Amsterdamse Bos, Bosbaan, FranceFrench Foreign Legion Of Today -- Traditional bearded Legion bugler (no veteran and German) at less romantic job of watering the tennis court. November 09, 1951. (Photo by Eugene Kammerman, Camera Press).Anefo photo collection. FC Twente-Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-5 (Return competition Final Europe Cup 3). Coach Kohn (left) from FC Twente hits the hands in front of the face. 21 May 1975. Enschede, OverijsselAnefo photo collection. European swimming championships in Utrecht, Caron against Mandonant. August 22, 1966. UtrechtAnefo photo collection. Sports event Chinese Sporthallen South Amsterdam (opening ceremony). October 16, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandAnefo photo collection. Ajax against Independiente 3-0, second game for World Cup, players with world cup. September 28, 1972