N013.06.00082

1935

Halloween Games: Halloween Divination. The girl in this photo is trying to find out about her future and is engaged in a game of marriage divination.

N038.01.00001

1959

Stick Games: Game of cad, Inis Meáin.

N038.01.00002

1959

Sticks Game: the game of ‘cad’, Inish Meadhon. The ‘cad’ (short length of stick: app 2 1/2”) lying against stone in the middle of the road; ‘cad’ is tapped with stick and jumps into the air about 4 or 5 feet thus; before it has time to fall to the roadway again, it is hit full-bloodedly into the adjacent fields. Each player has one try; the distance that the cad is hit is measured by the player with a stick app. 6ft long.

N039.33.00001

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Close up of the cord wrapped around the fingers on Kristina’s left hand.

N039.33.00002

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her fingers on both hands and between her teeth.

N039.33.00003

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her fingers on both hands and between her teeth.

N039.33.00004

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her fingers on both hands.

N039.33.00005

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her fingers on both hands.

N039.34.00002

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina is holding a circle of cord between her two hands.

N039.34.00003

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina is holding a circle of cord between her two hands.

N039.34.00004

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina has wrapped one end of the cord around her thumb and has the other end in her other hand.

N039.34.00005

1970

Games with Cord / Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina has wrapped one end of the cord around her thumb and index finger on one hand and has the other end of the cord wrapped around the index finger on the other hand.

N039.34.00006

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina has the cord wrapped around her fingers on both hands.

N039.34.00007

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina has the cord wrapped around her fingers and thumbs on both hands.

N039.34.00008

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Kristina Norler, friend of Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Kristina has the cord wrapped around her fingers and thumbs on both hands and her hands are in fists.

N039.34.00009

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her first finger both hands and has a loop of cord between her teeth.

N039.34.00010

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her first finger both hands and has a loop of cord between her teeth.

N039.34.00011

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her first finger both hands and has a loop of cord between her teeth.

N039.34.00012

1970

Games with Cord, Rope: Children’s game, the Cat’s Cradle, being played by Marja Almqvist, daughter of Professor Bo Almqvist, in Uppsala, Sweden. Marja has the cord wrapped around her first finger on both hands, which are raised slightly and has a loop of cord between her teeth.