Early Days of Sport - Mary Queen of Scots Playing Golf - Tuck postcard

Early Days of Sport - Mary Queen of Scots Playing Golf - Tuck postcard

The full series of 6 in the Early Days of Sport series may be seen here.

Early Days of Sport - Tennis in the Time of Henry VII - Tuck postcard

Early Days of Sport - Tennis in the Time of Henry VII - Tuck postcard

The full series of 6 in the Early Days of Sport series may be seen here.

Early Days of Sport - King Henry VIII Throwing the Hammer - Tuck postcard

Early Days of Sport - King Henry VIII Throwing the Hammer - Tuck postcard

The full series of 6 in the Early Days of Sport series may be seen here.

Early Days of Sport - Ancient Football in the 14th Century - Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard

Early Days of Sport - Ancient Football in the 14th Century - Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard

The full series of 6 in the Early Days of Sport series may be seen here.

Early Days of Sport - Polo in 600 BC - Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard

Polo in 600 BC, Early Days of Sport series, Tuck & Sons postcard

see the full series and more at TuckDB.org

Originating in Persia (Iran) around 600 BC, polo spread through the region with the British learning the game from Manipur, India and taking up the sport at home in mid nineteenth century.

The quality of both the artwork and printing in this Early Sport series underscores the high status of Raphael Tuck & Sons in the postcard collecting world.

Let's Go Bowling - Plaza Bowl Kansas City Missouri 1948 linen postcard

 The Plaza Bowl Bowling Alley Kansas City MO linen postcard

Let's Go Bowling at the Plaza Bowl at 430 Alameda Road Kansas City Missouri. This linen postcard showing the Plaza's bowling lanes, is dated 1948 on the reverse.  

Unfortunately as is often the case with such delicate paper or cardboard items it has some creasing that lowers its quality but the image is still a stunning example of some of the better linen postcards produced between 1935 and the early 1960s.

Golf Widow Fantasy 1910c postcard

Guys, this is what she wants to hear. Not "I'm going golfing. Have a nice day. See ya later."

Baseball postcard: Looking For A Home Run

circa early 1900s. click image for larger view.

What this little guy lacks in technique, he makes up for with heart. Play ball!

A pity they can't stay this age because I've heard that when they grow up they're real bears!

The Would-Be Sport

The Would-Be Sport, artist signed, Katharine Gassaway for the Rotograph Co. circa 1906.