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League of Health & Beauty demonstration in Hyde ParkPage from The Sketch reporting on the fourth annual demonstration in Hyde Park by the Womens League of Health and Beauty, led by Prunella Stack, whose mother, Mary Bagot Stack
If Unhealthy, Be Healthy by William Heath RobinsonIf Unhealthy, Be Healthy: If Healthy, Be Healthier! Keep Fit Exercises: 1. The Bathroom Window Sill Bite - for strengthening the front teeth and developing the muscles of the legs and back
Sketch cover - Prunella Stack (Lady Douglas Hamilton)Ann Prunella Stack OBE (1915-2011), President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, founded by her mother Mrs Bagot Stack pictured when she was Lady David Douglas-Hamilton with her baby son
Prunella Stack demonstrating exercisesPrunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1, London - Aim of the League was
Advert for Vigors home rower 1895A Perfect Chest & Muscle Developer. To maintain the heath and form of men and women. 1895
Advert for Vigors exercise horse at home 1895Exercise on this saddle, three speeds trot, canter or gallop and claims to help with; creates appetite, cures dyspepsia, quickens the circulation, stimulates the liver, relieves hysteria, insomnia
Swiss Gymnastic Group Exercise Date: 1903
A seated candidate for the French Air Service is subjected to a series of tests to gauge his respiration, hand and pulse, during the firing of a revolver
Royal Tournament - Physical Training - Royal Air Forcecirca 1930
PERSIAN GYMNASTSPersian athletes exercise to the accompaniment of music Date: circa 1835
Handstand on the beach Langrune Sur Mar, Normandy, FranceA teenage girl does a hand stand against a beach hut in Langrune Sur Mar, Normandy, France Date: 1988
Beach tumbler, West IndiesLocal man tumbles down the beach doing back flips like an acrobat towards the waves. St Lucia, West Indies. Date: 1986
12th Deutsches Turnfest, Leipzig, Germany" Heart and hand to the fatherland!" - 12th Deutsches Turnfest (German Gymnastics Festival) at Leipzig - 12th-16th July. Date: 1913
Cadburys Bournville, Birmingham - Girls Gymnasium ExteriorCadburys Cocoa and Chocolate Works at Bournville, Birmingham - Girls Gymnasium - Exterior view. Date: circa 1909
Sculpture of a male ball player by Georg Mattes (1874-1942). Date: circa 1900s
Sculpture of a Male Swedish Swimmer Date: circa 1900s
Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting Staff 97th TR BattThe Physical Training and Bayonet Fighting Staff of the 97th Training Reserve (TR) Battalion - Aldershot Barracks, 1917. Date: 1917
Sharron Davies and Neil AdamsSharron Davies (b 1962), Commonweath and Olympic swimming champion, with Neil Adams (b 1958), European, Olympic and World judo champion
Physical education, BoxingAt a secondary school in Stoke on Trent, England, two boys box in front of their class mates, part of their physical education
Physical education, gymIn the gymnasium a boy performs an acrobatic feat, watched by his fellow classmates. He leaps head first over four other boys who crouch on the floor
Medical examination, WW1A young man in subjected to a medical examination by a uniformed official of the U.S army
Gym Class in ProgressPhysical Exercise - gym class in progress at Danesfield County Primary School, Buckinghamshire
Women's League of HealthThe Women's League of Health and Beauty presenting an exercise demonstration in Hyde Park. The League was founded in 1930 by Mary Bagot Stack. Date: 1932
Viyella clothing for all athletic purposesAdvertisement for Viyella, high-class washing material suitable for all athletic purposes including golfing, hockey and fencing. Ideal for the active young woman of 1903. Date: 1903
Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929Mechanical massaging exercise machine that with a vibrating belt, used by 80, 000 men and women in the 1920s. Date: 1929
Advert for Abplanalps Institute, cure of obesity 1929Showing a man with large a waistline and after the recommended workout slim two months later. For all sexes the cure of obesity, free booklet and cinema demonstration
Army School of Physical Training, AldershotTeam photo from the Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot, Hampshire. Date: 1941
Prunella Stack & the Womens League of Health & BeautyAnn Prunella Stack OBE (1915-2011), President of the Womens League of Health and Beauty, founded by her mother Mrs Bagot Stack
Preston Prison 1905Tread wheel at Preston prison, 1905 Date: 1905
Health and fitness - girl with clubsA young girl in the Edwardian era posing in her sports kit with some wooden clubs, frequently used for exercising with at this time. Date: c.1910
Gymnastics Demonstration in the Stadium, Ankara Turkey. Date: circa 1930s
Regain That Boyish FigureAdvertisement from The Sketch for Rosenbaum Rubber Reducing Garments. Their range of corsets and bodices " disperses superfluous flesh naturally". 1928
University Exerciser and Reducer advertisementAdvertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy
The Modern Way to Health and BeautyCover of a 1930s pamphlet advising women on the best way to health and beauty. Illustration shows a woman in a blue shorts suit holding a large ball. Date: c.1937
Prunella Stack - Leader of Womens League of Health & BeautyPrunella Stack - Leader of The Womens League of Health & Beauty, The mortimer Halls, 43 Great Portland Street, W1, London - Aim of the League was
Three frogs weightlifting on a German postcardThree frogs weightlifting in the gym on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s
The Medicine Ball by David GhilchikA fashionable 1930s couple dressed in swimsuits partake in a wholesome exercise game with a medicine ball but with unfortunate consequences. Date: 1932
GIRLS EXERCISE 1905Exercises for girls using a short pole. Date: 1905
Man and woman exercising, using weights and pulley rope. Date: 1917
KEEP FIT CLASS / 1930 SA Keep fit Class. Exercises are performed on the floor to enhance posture. Date: 1930s
Keep Fit / Throwing BallThrowing a ball during a Keep Fit class to develop rhythm & eye training. Date: 1940s
Tennis gowns, 1906Tennis gowns for sporty women in 1906. On the left a sleeveless zouave to allow the arm full swing in playing. The other has a full blouse bodice with elbow sleeves
Girl playing hockeyA female hockey player from the Edwardian period, clearly disputing the advice from Medicus (insert) that women should, avoid all excess in the field games which are suitable only to sporting men
Photo of the gymnasium at St Brides Institute in the TatlerSeries of black and white photographs from the Sporting and Country House Supplement of the Tatler, 22nd December 1909 showing business girls using the gymnasium at St Brides Institute, London
Lady member of The League of Health and Beauty. In 1930 Mary Bagot Stack created the Womens League of Health & Beauty. Her vision was of a league of women who will renew their energy in themselves
Ovaltine advert, 1927 focusing on the idea of creating energy an nervous vitality Date: 1927
Queen Victoria Rifles training in Hampstead streets, WW1Members of the Queen Victoria Rifles practising Swedish drill in the streets of Hampstead, which they were using as a training ground, arousing much public interest in the process! 1914