Amateur Wrestling Collectibles Gallery
Postcards Pre-1920


Saharan Africa


Algiers

Algeria-Oran

Arabic Fete

Algeria-Oran, 1902

French Morocco

natives

Rabat, French Morocco, black and white and color versions

1906

Colonial Expo, 1907

Tunisia, 1904

Sub-Saharan Africa


Belgian Congo

Cape Verde

Dahomey, 1910

French West Africa

Madagascar

Madagascar

Madagascar

Madagascar

Madagascar

Senegal

Senegal, 1900

Senegal, 1904

Senegal Champ, 1904

Senegal, 1910

Senegal, 1912

Senegal

Senegal

Sudan, 1907

Somali wrestlers

1908 South Africa


Austria- Rangeln

Austrian scenes


Belgium

Belgium, 1918

Belgium, Brussels wrestler statue

Wiertz Museum Sculpture


China

China, 1904


Czechoslovakia/Hungary

1890 Czech card

1898 Sokol Games

1904 Hungary

1905 Czech Sokol Games


1912 Czech Sokol Games


Estonia


1911 Estonian club


Fiji


1913 Fiji boys wrestling


France


youngsters

1901 World Championship at the Casino de Paris

wrestling move

School wrestling

School wrestling

School wrestling

Playground wrestling

wrestler in St. Ouen

Reims College wrestling on ice

Lutte Libre, 1910

French School

Wrestlers of Scaer

Gym School

Joinville School


Greece


Greece, 1906


Great Britain- Cumberland/Westmorland


Highland Games, 1906

Match in England, 1910


Iceland- Glima


unknown, 1910

Icelandic Glima, 1910

unknown, 1910

1912 Icelandic Wrestling Team

Glima

Glima


India


Indian wrestlers

Indian wrestlers, 1906

Indian wrestlers, 1910

Madbara Fete

Indian wrestling


Indochina


Laos, 1911 position 1

Laos, 1911 position 2

Laos, 1905

Laos, 1911 position 3

Laos, 1911 position 4

Laos

unknown region

Vietnam- Tonkin festival

Vietnam- Tonkin festival

Vietnam, 1906- Tonkin festival

Thai Binh Tonkin Village


Indonesia


Indonesia, 1910

Indonesia, 1913


Iran- Koshti


Wrestlers

Wrestlers


Italy


Wrestler holds


Russia and Region


Russian Red Cross

Central Asian Wrestling

Kalmyk style

Kalmyk style


Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tournament


Sarawak


Kayan youth


Spain


Lucha Canaria

Spanish lucha canaria

Spanish lucha canaria


Sweden


Swedish schoolboys


Switzerland- Schwingen


Swiss Schwingen, 1892

Swiss Schwingen, 1899

Swiss Schwingen, 1903

Swiss Schwingen, 1903

Swiss Schwingen, 1905

Swiss Schwingen, 1906

Swiss Schwingen tournmrnt, 1906

Swiss Schwingen, 1906

Swiss Tournament

Swiss match, 1900's

Swiss Tournament, 1908

Swiss Tournament, 1908

Swiss Tournament, 1908

Swiss Tournament, 1908

Swiss Tournament, 1909

Swiss Tournament, 1909

Switzerland, 1910

1900s Switzerland freestyle

1900s Switzerland freestyle

1900s Switzerland schwingen

1921 Swiss lottery postcard


Turkey- Gures


Turkey

Turkey

Turkey

Turkey- Constantinople


Olympics


1906 Athens Athletic Club wrestlers

Athens, 1906

Athens, 1906

Athens, 1906

1912 Olympics Wrestling- card #64

1912 Olympics Glima- card #213


Misc.


1908 match

1908 photo card

1910 match

Twin Lakes, IA camp


1915 wrestlers

1918 statue


unknown

competition


High school wrestling on restaurant awning


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