Old Game Photos From Life Magazine

Google has put up millions of photos from the archives of Life Magazine, and it’s a treasure trove of photographic history, including games.

Lobby: a capital game

The piano board game

Ouija players

Blackjack at the Las Vegas Club in 1942

While the women play bridge at home

Japanese Americans playing Go at a relocation camp

Troubled children in Sweden in 1949

Bridge on commuter club cars in 1948

Bette Davis playing Scrabble with her husband

Ray Charles plays Chess

Kasparov plays chess against Deep Blue