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Pictorial Americana

Selected Images from the Collections of the Library of Congress


SPORTS - MISCELLANEOUS

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Bicycle race. The start Bicycle race. The start. Photograph by George Barker, 1890.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-3053
The meet of the League of American Wheelmen at Washington, D.C. An afternoon scene on Pennsylvania Avenue The meet of the League of American Wheelmen at Washington, D.C. An afternoon scene on Pennsylvania Avenue. Reproduction in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, May 24, 1884.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-4611
Bicycling. Bicycling. Lithograph by L. Prang & Co., 1887, after Hy Sandham.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-3043 (color film copy transparency)
Bicycling on Riverside Drive, New York Bicycling on Riverside Drive, New York. Reproduction in Harper's Weekly, June 15, 1895, of drawing by W. A. Rogers.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2114
Hello! Here's a Kodak fiend. Women cyclists "Hello! Here's a Kodak fiend." (Women cyclists). Photograph by H. C. White Co., 1902.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-3052
A masse shot. (Cartoon) A masse shot. (Cartoon) Lithograph by Wm. Bruns, 1882.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5295
The game cock-El gallo de pelea The game cock-El gallo de pelea. Lithograph by N. Currier, 1849.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC2-2394 (color film copy slide)
Copped at a cock fight. (Cartoon) Copped at a cock fight. (Cartoon) Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1884.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-692
Cricket match played at Hoboken on Oct. 3-6, 1859 between the All England eleven and the U.S. twenty-two Cricket match played at Hoboken on Oct. 3-6, 1859 between the All England eleven and the U.S. twenty-two. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Oct. 15, 1859.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-1041
The game of croquet The game of croquet. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Sept. 8, 1866, after Bush.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7927
The Yale-Princeton game (football), Nov. 27, 1879 The Yale-Princeton game (football), Nov. 27, 1879. Reproduction in Harper's Weekly, Dec. 20, 1879, of drawing by A. B. Frost.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7216
Hen trot Hen trot. Lithograph by G. W. Emerson, 1845.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-842
Horsman's celebrated lawn tennis Horsman's celebrated lawn tennis. Lithograph by Charles Hart, 1882.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-3042 (color film copy transparency)
Lawn tennis Lawn tennis. Lithograph by L. Prang & Co., 1887, after Hy Sandham.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-1180 (color film copy transparency)
James Hammill & Walter Brown, in their great five mile rowing match ... at Newburg Bay, Hudson River, N.Y. James Hammill & Walter Brown, in their great five mile rowing match ... at Newburg Bay, Hudson River, N.Y. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1867.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-pga-00798 (digital file from original print)
The great international university boat race on the River Thames ... August 27th, 1869, between ... Harvard ... and Oxford ... Universities The great international university boat race on the River Thames ... August 27th, 1869, between ... Harvard ... and Oxford ... Universities. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1869.
Reproduction number: LC-DIG-pga-00763 (digital file from original print)
Oldrieve's new tricycle Oldrieve's new tricycle. Photograph co. by Charles W. Oldrieve, 1882.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7325

 

  • For additional images: See the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term "Sports" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)], and narrower terms for specific sports such as "Cycling" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)], and "Cockfighting" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)].
  • For additional images: See the Thesaurus for Graphic Materials term "Games" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)], and narrower terms for specific games such as "Billiards" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)], "Croquet" in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog [view term (includes links to images)].
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