Vintage Athletic Action Shots

Black and white vintage photos of athletic performances, including long jumping, pole vaulting, and cheerleading, showcasing dynamic movement and retro vibes.

Vintage photograph. Discus thrower on field

Vintage photograph. runner in mid air for long jump.

Vintage photograph. Cheerleader kicking leg up

Pole Vaulting is an art and Mullins has good technique. He's in the top flight, but not quite a champion. Caught in the air in the hop, step and jump. May 31, 1948.

Turner on the beam. .

Blurred View of Person Skateboarding

Vintage photograph. Man hitting golf ball on course near large tree

Vintage photograph. Discus thrower on field

Photo collection Government information service. Benelux badmint tournament in Tennispark Marlot in The Hague. Imre Rietveld (the Netherlands) in action. January 16, 1965. The Hague

Headstand on roller coaster, ca. 1923, 1920s, exact location unknown, Germany, Europe

1930S Woman Playing Tennis Action

Historical Exercise - Man using a rowing machine circa 1937 .

Vintage Photograph. Boys playing leap frog.

Practicing-For What -- Weight lifting . . . a ***** breaking training by Eileen ***** Clive helps her to prepare for ***** women's cycling records-the ***** not hold. October 07, 1954. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Joyful child leaping over parent's back in a playful outdoor game at the park

Elsevier photo collection. Princess Beatrix skiing winter sports holiday Gstaad Switzerland. February 4, 1965. Gstaad, Switzerland

Fencer 1906 Georges Demeny French Demeny was the principal assistant to Etienne-Jules Marey (1831-1904), one of the nineteenth century's premier scientific investigators of the phenomenon of movement. In 1882, Demeny was instrumental in setting up Marey's "station physiologique" in the Bois de Boulogne--the studio where they carried out pioneering motion studies. Using a process that could make multiple exposures on a single photographic plate in rapid succession, Marey and Demeny could capture the visible traces of an entire motion in regular intervals and study that action at a level of detail not attainable by earlier photographic technologies.This picture was made in 1906, after Marey's death, while Demeny was professor of physiology at the National school of gymnastics and fencing at Joinville, which he established. A sport based in a repertoire of very precise, economical moves, fencing lent itself naturally to the kind of physiologically precise study of movement made newly av

Y.M.C.A. athletic events in Jerusalem, man participating in a pole vault event ca. between 1933 and 1946.

Sports Day Rijkswerf - Army Workshops - Marine Aviation Technology, 1978.

Sports. 1930 - 1949.. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Vintage Photograph. Young boy observes vintage football game from his bicycle on a sunny day.

San Francisco, California, November 21, 1934Stella Walsh of Cleveland, Ohio, famous track star and holder of 5 worlds records returned to San Francisco November 21st aboard the liner Asama Maru after a successful invasion of the orient. Miss Walsh will return to school upon her arrival at Cleveland, Ohio.

Photograph of Väinö Kokkinen and Jean Földeák wrestling at the 1932 Olympic games. This was the final where Kokkinen took gold for Finland in the Middleweight Greco-Roman.

Japanese American farm worker at swimming pool, he lives at a CCC camp now under FSA management. Rupert, Idaho 1942. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Idaho , Rupert, Idaho , Minidoka County

Sportswoman. .

Vintage Photograph. A man ice skating on frozen lake.

1970S Sun Rays Through Silhouette Of Man Jumping Track Field Hurdle

Photo collection Government information service. Police, Sport, Judo. undated

Vintage Photograph. Teenage girl roller skating.

Vintage photograph. Pole vaulter clearing crossbar.

Anefo photo collection. National forest run lead, finish of the Linde on the road. 14 February 1954. Leiden, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Series Biesbrouch Haarlem. January 22, 1952. Haarlem

Female acrobat doing splits on tightrope (EV003139_H)

Grasshopper Plague - Grasshoppers were so thick on the tennis court of a resident at St. Peter's, Adelaide, that he used a hand roller to keep them moving. December 27, 1947.

Vintage photograph. Boys playing leap frog

Report dog jumps from a man-shot wood panel.

Vintage Photograph. A little boy dressed in a football outfit.

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Girls from the sixth grade spend recess time in a spirited game of volleyball 2/10/1943.

Vintage Photograph. Young girl roller skating down neighborhood sidewalk.

Vintage Photograph. A young boy in football attire prepares to kick football on ground.

Vintage photograph. Diver in the air tucking into a flip

Vintage Photograph. Baseball umpire calling two outs holding hands in air.

Anefo photo collection. Setting up exhibition "Good camp" in the Houtrusthal in The Hague. April 6, 1961. The Hague, South Holland

Low angle view of a group of people diving from diving boards

One climbs in nets ...

Hollywood, California: c. 1924 Warner Brothers movie actress Patsy Ruth Miller exhibits her perfect form at the end of a diving board.

Weidman high jump ca. between 1909 and 1923.

Anefo photo collection. Printed in the farm. May 22, 1947

Anefo photo collection. Feijenoord trains in KNVB center, Zeist for match against Estudiantes. September 7, 1970. Utrecht, Zeist

Vintage Photograph. A baseball umpire waiting for action.

Vintage photograph. Horse rider jumping over wooden obstacle on course

Anefo photo collection. Cycling on Rad in Carre, Reynaldo. February 14, 1950

Model doing yoga the wheel/bridge chakarasana on a boat ramp on the beach

Pole vaulting, U.S. Naval Academy | Library of Congress

This is to illustrate the correct finger position for A proper draw or loose commonly called the English Loose. Howard Hill, archery expert, and Alexis Smith, Warner Bros. featured player soon appearing in The Constant Nymph, illustrate the correct finger position for a proper "draw" or "loose," commonly called the English "loose." May 12, 1952.

New York, New York: January 4, 1932 Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, star athlete from Beaumont, Texas, hurdles over a table in her room at the Biltmore Hotel. She is in town to sign contracts with various professional sport, radio, and writing concerns.

Wild west show performance given by soldiers (trick roping performance) circa 1919.

Vintage photograph. Baseball runner at first base

Vintage Photograph. A boy aiming bow and arrow with Indian Headdress on belt.

Daytona Beach, Florida: c. 1922 Three people riding horseback on the beach.

Ormond Beach, Florida: February 9, 1926 Elizabeth Detwiller gives a demonstration of her skills with the longbow at the Hotel Ormond. She is the only woman member of the famous Swiss archery club, "Club De L'Arc" of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Scuba diver standing on pier and holding harpoon

Vintage photograph. Boys in roller skates

Male tennis player serving

Anefo photo collection. Shooting bath scones (pin up). September 22, 1955

Boxing match on F 2, 1940 Boxing match on F 2 Roslagens flying fleet, 1940.

Falling heels over head (OV2019_198)

Publican George Lloyd training on a miniature bicycle for the publicans' Cycle Derby to be held at Sydney Sports Ground next Sunday. March 30, 1952.

Vintage photograph. Boy in roller skates

Vintage photograph. Boys in roller skates

Anefo photo collection. Championship of the Netherlands skates long job Jaap Edenbaan. De Graaff. March 11, 1962. Amsterdam

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo Collection National Information Service Private, Photo number 156-1318. 1956

Climber.

Vintage Photograph. Exciting football action as players push for victory on the field.

Cyclo-Cross

Vintage Photograph. A little boy in a football uniform holding a football. Frame 2.

Three French men jump over a tennis network. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of a family, Distillery Delizy & Doakau Fils, the army and sights in France.

Lidcombe Oval. May 27, 1938.

Anefo photo collection. Blue-white against Wageningen 4-1. Son Bleyenberg with mascot. April 9, 1961. Gelderland, Wageningen

High school horse performs before children of construction workers at Summit City School, Summit City, California. 1940 - 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , Summit City, California , Shasta County

Pueblo, Colorado: 1947 John Hendricks and his 'Flying Twins' that he rides absolutely bareback in tandem. Here they all clear a four foot hurdle in perfect execution.©Underwood Archives

Collection of the Dutch Heidematschappij. Forests, men, ropes, hoisting up. undated

Description: Captain, R.N africa

United States: c. 1960. An older woman pedals on her exercycle.

HJ guide school - HJ doing sports. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.

Washington society girls compete for fencing title. These Washington society girls will compete for fencing title of the District of Columbia at the Mayflower Hotel this week circa 1930.

1950s SANDLOT BASEBALL GAME BOY RUNNING TO HOME PLATE BOY CATCHER TAGGING HIM AND UMPIRE DAD SIGNALING HIM OUT

Anefo photo collection. Revanches World Cycling Championships in the Olympic Stadium. Ketie Hage makes an honorable after her honoring. September 2, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Untitled. Shigemi Izuo, photographer (Japanese / American, 1900 - 1946) about 1930-1935 Two swordsmen engaging in a kendo match. One is kneeling, his bamboo sword, or shinai, is extended towards his opponent. The other swordsman is standing with his shinai raised above his head.

Youthful acrobats at a fair, Peking. Youthful acrobats at a fair, Peking

1920s men on a bicycle. The Swedish bicycle acrobat Fritiof Malmsten is performing his balance act with his young brother Helge. An impressive performance where he is standing on his head and not using his hands to hold his balance. Fritiof Malmsten became a internationally known bicycle acrobat.

Cheerleader with megaphone jumping

Vintage Photograph. Family playing table tennis in basement.

Sports. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

United States: c. 1920 Film director Sidney Olcott stretches for his daily dive.

View of Wallendas trick in Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey circus, The Wallendas, Carl Wallenda is peddling across the lofty steel cable with his wife, Helene, on his shoulder and Lee Wallenda standing behind. They're simply doing one of the less difficult feats they perform in their world famous feature offering a highlight of the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey circus

Stobhochprung. .

Anefo photo collection. Training Dutch national team in Zeist, Mick Clavan and Eddy Pieters Graafland. November 26, 1964. Zeist

Vintage Photograph. A golfer hitting a golf ball in the sand.

Vintage Photograph. A male ice skater jumping in air looking ahead of himself.

Table Tennis Provides Interesting Recreation for Enrollees. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

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