Showing posts with label Croquet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Croquet. Show all posts

Friday, January 20, 2017

Croquet

 Mountain View House, 1922
  
 Play grounds, Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon, 1910-19
  
 Priory ruins & croquet grounds, 1910-19
  
 Recreation grounds, croquet lawn, 1916
  
The school from the grounds. Convent, 
Canonesses of St. Augustine, Hull, 1910-19
 

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

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