Playing Collection

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Advertisement for Cadburys Cocoa, showing a croquet game, 1899. Hand-colored printed halftone 19th century

Golfers in the 1890s
Golfers finishing a game at the putting green, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Baseball game in the 1880s
Baseball batter waiting for a pitch, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Native Americans playing a game of lacrosse with a ball and sticks. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Double-play in a New York / Boston baseball game, 1886
New York baseball team making a double-play against Boston, 1886. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Medieval game of chess
Chess players in the Middle Ages Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 13th-century manuscript illustration

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Native Americans practice running, shooting arrows, and throwing ball, Florida, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a DeBrfy engraving of a LeMoyne illustration

Boys playing marbles, 1800s
Boys playing a game of marbles in a small town, early 1900s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of an illustration

Game of mumblety-peg, 1800s
Boys playing mumblety-peg in the grass, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Winter fun in Victorian England
Christmas-Eve snowball fight in an English town, 1860. Color lithograph reproduction of an illustration

A hay ride, 1800s
Children riding atop a hay wagon pulled by a pair of horses, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Bowling game in New Netherland
Colonists playing a game of bowls in New Netherland, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Barefoot boy
Barefoot country boy carrying toy tops. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Boys playing sports, including bowling, spinning a top, stilts, and a swing, England, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Young baseball-player, early 1900s
Young boy with baseball bat, wearing uniform with a big star, circa 1910. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration

Summertime activity for a country boy
Barefoot boy crossing a stream. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Greek girls playing outdoors
Girls outdoor recreation in ancient Greece. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family life in ancient Athens
Morning activities in the peristyle of a familys home in ancient Athens. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illlustration

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Rural July Fourth celebration, with patriotic speeches, dancing, and socializing, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Easter game of cracking eggs, 1800s
Schoolboys cracking eggs, an Easter activity, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of an E.A. Abbey illustration

Girls playing outdoors
Children playing " house" outdoors on a hot summer day. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Farm children playing in the barn on a bright May morning Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Governesses with children in a park, 1800s
Children with governesses in a city park, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Children sledding after a snowstorm, 1800s
Sledding down a snowy village road, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Snowball fight, 1870s
Couples having fun with a snowball fight, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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