Contest Collection

HMS Contest, British destroyer, WW1
HMS Contest, British Acasta-class destroyer, launched 1913, served during the First World War, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat in the Western Approaches, 1917. Date: 1914-1918

Team in race
Marc Pelissier

The Tennis Championships at Wimbledon
The Tennis fortnight at Wimbledon is for many the most thrilling period of the summer season

Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S. 6
The Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S.6, winner of the International Schneider Trophy Air Race in 1922, 1927 and 1929, and holder of the world speed record of 357.7 mph

Pub Darts Match
A serious darts match held in the Merlins Cave, Clerkenwell, between the home team and the Lord High Admiral in the Barclay League

The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy
The Royal Navys field gun competition is a contest between teams from various Royal Navy commands

Schneider Trophy Air Race
Souvenir programme cover design, Schneider Trophy Contest. Date: 12 September 1931

Crew Team Rowing

Programme cover, Schneider Trophy Contest
Souvenir programme cover, The Schneider Trophy Contest, September 12th 1931, The Royal Aero Club. Showing a seaplane in flight. 1931

Two girls ride a race on sheep, England, Great Britain Two girls ride a race on sheep, England, Great Britain

Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934). Artist: Diego Velasquez
Las Hilanderas, (The Spinners), 1657, (c1934)

Oxford and Cambridge Chess Match, 19th century

German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens - WW1
A huge German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens on 8th August 1918 became a source of some Allied controversy

Cover design, Doncaster Aviation Contest Programme
Cover design, programme for the Doncaster Aviation Contest, 15-23 October 1909. Claimed to be the first flying meeting in England. October 1909

Table Tennis Team Red
Rosi Feist

Bathing Belle Parade
Three disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!

Ladies Swim Contest 1905
A ladies swimming contest on the river Thames, from Hampton Court to Richmond

Sutherland Fire Engine
Merryweathers Sutherland fire-engine, which gained first prize at the international contest at the Crystal Palace. The engine continued in use for 27 years

Miss UK 1964, Ann Sidney, Crowned Miss World 1964, during finale at The Lyceum Ballroom, London, Thursday 12th November 1964

The Ironstein Theory of Golf, by William Heath Robinson
A prospective competitor in our 500 golf contest makes one of those fance drives that are so bewildering to the ordinary member of a local golf club

Saudi-Animal-Camel-Festival
A caravan of camels walks in the desert during the annual King Abdulazziz Camel Festival in Rumah, some 150 kilometres east of Riyadh, on March 29, 2017

Spain-Catalonia-Human-Towers-Castels
Members of the " Colla Xiquets del Serrallo" human tower team form a " castell" during the XXVI human towers, or castells, competetion in Tarragona on October 1, 2016

Golfers in the 1890s
Golfers finishing a game at the putting green, circa 1890. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Baseball game in the 1880s
Baseball batter waiting for a pitch, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Female Gurner
A woman gurner pulls a truely awful face through a leather ring during the gurning contest at Egremont Crab Fair, Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

A race of six lifeboats at Mounts Bay, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: 1867

Pulling the Wishbone
Pulling a wishbone to see who will come away with the larger part and the corresponding wish

Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. Creator: W Thomas
Rifle fete at Ecclesbourne, near Hastings, 1860. The contest was chiefly among the members of the Cinque Ports Corps...The first prize was a Lancaster rifle, value ten guineas, which was won by Mr

Bartlett Cycle Champion
C H Bartlett, British cycle champion of the 50-mile contest. Date: 1911

King Henry VIII watching archery contest
Henry VIII and one of his wives attend an archery contest at Shooters Hill, London. circa 1530

WYOMING: RODEO, c1910

Crystal Palace Brass Band Festival
View of the Central Avenue leading to the Crystal Palace in south London at the time of the annual Brass Band Festival. Bands from all over the country took part

Wrestling match, Naadam festival, Oulaan Bator (Ulaan Baatar), Mongolia, Central Asia, Asia

Royal Jockey Club, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Asia

Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. Davis
The Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929

The Sopwith Tabloid seaplane at Monaco, 20 April 1914, when it won the Schneider Trophy contest flown by Howard Pixton. Date: 1914

Perfuming probable prizewinners: dog show perfume, 1911
A patient Pomeranian stands on a folding chair while being squirted with perfume at the Ealing and District Canine Society dog show. Date: 1911

dog-World Ugliest Dog Competition - Animal
Wild Thang, a 3-year old Pekingese, is shown before the start of the Worlds Ugliest Dog Competition in Petaluma, California on June 21, 2019. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

Two Steller's Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) fighting while a crow steals their fish.
Two Steller's Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) fighting while a crow steals their fish Two Steller's Sea Eagles (Haliaeetus pelagicus) fighting while a Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)

Formula 1 racing car speeding around a corner during the free practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, 11 May 2012, near Montmelo, Spain, Europe

Lineup of the teams taking part in national gymnastic challenge
DGA5655064 Lineup of the teams taking part in national gymnastic challenge, Genoa, Italy, engraving from photograph by Treves brothers, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, year 19, no 23, June 5

European hare (Lepus europaeus), hare, hares, lateral

Winner of Miss World, Miss India - Reita Faria
Winner of Miss World, Miss India - 23 year-old Reita Faria, a medical student

Game - Snake and ladder Board game - snake and ladder

Young contestants at a junior beauty pageant, USA

Prize-amponhora depicting an equestrian contest
UIG3079102 Prize-amponhora depicting an equestrian contest; (add.info.: Prize-amponhora depicting an equestrian contest. Made in Athens. Dated 400 BC); Universal History Archive/UIG

Roger Federer of Switzerland faced R. Nadal of Spain in the 2014 Australian Open Mens Singles semifinals. Nadal won the match 7-6, 6-3, 6-3. Nadal faces S

Picture series Riddle, where is the fast runner, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Riddle, where is the third cyclist, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series On the racecourse, over the last hurdle, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

Picture series Kings, Henry II, 1559, Fatal wounding of the king by the captain of his guard at a tournament for his daughter's wedding, Liebig picture

Picture series Kings, Francis I, 1515, on the day after the Battle of Marignano Francis of Bayard is knighted, Liebig picture

Picture series At the racecourse, At the start, Liebig picture, digitally restored reproduction of a collector's picture from around 1900, public domain, exact date unknown

At the totalisator on the Charlottenburg racecourse, Germany, Betting offices at the racecourse, 1887, Historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th century model, Europe

Ox race in Tyrol, Austria, in 1879, farmers riding cows, parish fair, historical, digital reproduction of an original 19th-century model, Europe

The Derby Pets, Arrival of the Racehorses, 1840, by James Pollard (1792, 1867), Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

St Albans Grand Steeple Chase on 8 March, 1832, a famous horse race over cross-country tracks in England from 1830 to 1839, preparation for the start, Historical

St Albans Grand Steeple Chase on 8 March, 1832, a famous horse race over cross country tracks in England from 1830 to 1839, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

St Albans Grand Steeple Chase on 8 March, 1832, a famous horse race over cross country tracks in England from 1830 to 1839, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

St Albans Grand Steeple Chase on 8 March, 1832, a famous horse race over cross country tracks in England from 1830 to 1839, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Epsom Race, The race is over, 1834, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Epsom race, the betting counter, horse betting, 1834, England, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Epsom races, settlement day at Tattersalls, betting shops, horse betting, 1834, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Doncaster Race for the Great St Legder Stakes, famous horse race in England, 1839, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Doncaster Race for the Great St Legder Stakes, famous horse race in England, 1839, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Doncaster Race for the Great St Legder Stakes, famous horse race in England, 1839, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Tournament on the water to commemorate the Grande Federation, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Das Gesellenstechen auf dem Marktplatz zu Nuernberg, Turnier, Handwerkerbrauch, Bayern, Deutschland, 1446, um 1885, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19

Knight on horseback in decorative armour at a jousting tournament, Album of tournaments and parades in Nuremberg, 1650, Bavaria, Germany, Historic

Knight on horseback in decorative armour at a jousting tournament, Album of tournaments and parades in Nuremberg, 1650, Bavaria, Germany, Historic

The German Tournament, Knights Tournament, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters

The Tournament with Samson, Simson, and the Lion, painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 4 October 1472, 16 October 1553, one of the most important German painters

Coat of arms in front of a tournament in the early Middle Ages, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Fighting game at a tournament in the early Middle Ages, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Knights on horseback marching to the tournament, from the tournament book of Emperor Maximilian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Knights on horseback marching to the tournament, from the tournament book of Emperor Maximilian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

Knights on horseback marching to the tournament, from the tournament book of Emperor Maximilian, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original

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"Unleashing the Spirit of Competition: A Glimpse into Extraordinary Contests" The Tennis Championships at Wimbledon: Witnessing the clash of titans on the grass courts, where skill and strategy meet in a battle for glory. Pub Darts Match: Cheers fill the air as friends gather around dartboards, aiming for that perfect bullseye with precision and camaraderie. Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S. 6: Pushing boundaries of speed and engineering prowess, these magnificent flying machines compete to conquer the skies. Crew Team Rowing: In perfect synchrony, rowers glide through water with sheer determination and teamwork, chasing victory stroke by stroke. Schneider Trophy Air Race: Adrenaline surges as daring aviators soar through clouds in pursuit of supremacy, defying limits in this thrilling aerial contest. The Interport Field Gun Competition - Royal Navy: Muscles strain and hearts pound as teams showcase their strength and coordination while maneuvering heavy artillery across challenging terrains. Programme cover, Schneider Trophy Contest: An artistic masterpiece captures the essence of aviation excellence before takeoff—an invitation to witness history unfold in mid-air battles. Cover design, Doncaster Aviation Contest Programme: Vibrant colors entice enthusiasts to immerse themselves in an exhilarating display of aircraft mastery—a celebration of innovation soaring above ground level. Richard Humphreys the Boxer (c1788): Brushstrokes immortalize a fierce pugilist's spirit—his unwavering determination symbolizing boxing's relentless quest for triumph inside squared rings. Las Hilanderas (The Spinners), 1657 (c1934). Artist Diego Velasquez): Velázquez's timeless masterpiece portrays women spinning thread—a metaphorical representation reminding us that even mundane tasks can be transformed into contests against time itself. German Railway gun captured at the Battle of Amiens.