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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1800s, 1890s, 1893, 19th Century, American, Amusement, Amusement Park, Arab, Art, Chicago, Chicago Worlds Fair, Columbian Exposition, Couple, Crowd, Disability, Disabled, Expo, Exposition, Fair, Ferris Wheel, Heritage, Historic, History, Illinois, International Travel, Llustration, Muslim, North America, Park, Recreation, Sultan, Tourist, Tourists, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Visitor, Visitors, Wheel Chair

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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1890s, 1900s, 19th Century, 20th Century, America, American, Art, Beautiful, Beauty, Charm, Charming, Club, Couple, Courtship, Dress, Fashion, Fashionable, Female, Flirt, Game, Hat, Heritage, High Society, Historic, History, Illustration, Love, Male, Man, North America, Outdoors, Parasol, Recreation, Romance, Social, Social Life, Society, Sport, Sports, Summer, Tennis, Tennis Club, Tennis Court, Traditional, United States, Us A, Vintage, Woman, Women

Canoeists on a slow-moving stream

Woodsmen in canoes floating on a tranquil river, circa 1900.
Printed color halftone reproduction of a Schoonover illustration

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1800s, 1900s, 19th Century, Adventure, Albert A, America, American, Art, Backwoods, British Columbia, Canada, Canadian, Canoe, Float, Forest, Frontier, Fur, Fur Trade, Guide, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Journey, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North America, Quebec, River, Trade, Trader, Traditional, Transportation, Trapper, Travel, United States, Us A, Vintage, Voyage, Water, Water Way, Wild, Wilderness, Wisconsin, Woodsman