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Ancient photos. Cricket in Germany, 1942
By Will 2 years ago, mid-November, 6 Comments »
Google has teamed up with LIFE to unveil an incredible amount of photography (free). Obviously, I did the honourable thing by searching for any cricket photos, and there are a few interesting ones. It’s by no means as comprehensive as Hulton or Getty Images, but I enjoyed this photo of cricket being played in Germany in 1942. You’d imagine they were British, but who knows?
And here are C. Aubrey Smith (R), Henry Stephenson (C) and Boris Karloff (L) in 1948, taken by the brilliantly named Loomis Dean:
The real gems lie in their historical coverage. Search for London blitz and you’ll find rare beauties like these:
So, anyway. Have a look and enjoy wasting hours and hours.
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