Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Croquet

The game of croquet took the Anglophone world by storm in the late 19th century. Eventually eclipsed by tennis as a social sport, croquet remained hugely popular through the early 20th century.

 Croquet at camp, Rye, New Hampshire
  
 Croquet at Crystal Lake Park, June 25, 1936
  
 Croquet on the lawn
  
 Croquet, 1906
  
 Playing croquet in side yard, Fort Pelham Farm
  
 Playing croquet, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, ca. 1900
  
Shirley Temple playing croquet, 1930s

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