From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1877.
Category Archives: Games
Boys Playing Hoops
Merry’s Museum, 1842 (https://archive.org/stream/merrysmuseum43roberich#page/n196/mode/1up)
Party Game with Cards
From The Party Book, 1922.
“Bowlers,” by Théophile Deyrolle
From L’Art français, 1887.
Nine-Pins
From Dame Truelove’s Tales, 1818.
Flying a Great Kite
From The Youth’s Book on Natural Theology, 1840. “It was as tall as a man. It took several boys to hold it, when it was high up in the air.”
The Young Draught Players
From Godey’s, 1864.
The Chess-Players, by S. Melton Fisher
From Royal Academy Pictures, 1903.
Winter Scenes
“Winning,” by J. Haynes-Williams
From Royal Academy Pictures, 1894.