Sports:recreation Gallery

Crowds at the Chicago worlds fair at night

Columbian Exposition visitors strolling along the midway at night, Chicago 1893.
Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Tennis court romance, 1890s or early 1900s

Tennis player distracted by a flirtatious, fashionable woman, circa 1900.
Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

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Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, 1891

Some decorated carriages in the Tournament of Roses parade, Pasadena, California, 1891.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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