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Diet and Dieters by Joyce DennysA selection of types and the diets they are all eating in order to retain, or, in some cases, reduce their figures. Date: 1929
Kensitas cigarettes advertisement - they re slimmingAdvertisement for Kensitas cigarettes advising that the best way to avoid eating between meals, gaining unslightly fat and avoiding the future shadow (that of a portly older woman)
Comic postcard, Woman on the phone - reducing diet Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Singer with large repertoire Date: 20th century
Advert for Trilene Tablets, weight loss 1898All Fat People, Victorian advert for a cure for overweight people, reducing your weight in a few weeks by simply taking Trilene Tablets. Date: 1898
Advertisment for diet pillsAdvert for Trilene diet pills with the tag line Fat People can be cured 1913
Caricature of John Clayton, English actorCaricature of John Clayton (1843-1888), English actor -- He has courted honour. 1881
Girdle that reduces waist and hipsNew hour-a-day girdle reducess waist and hips often 3 inches the very first week ! now at last you can wear the stylish, decoming clothes your heart desires - without worrying about an unattractive
Advert for Veco reducing cup for weight loss 1926New 3 minute treatment takes off fat- just where you want to loss it! Amazing new discovery takes off flesh just where you want to loss it. No dieting - no pills - no discomforts
Slimmer Extraordinaire! Before & AfterBefore & After - the remarkable results of going on a diet and how it affects ones choice of corset.... circa 1909
An advertisement for Clarks slimming bath saltsAn advertisement featuring Clarks bath salts, which are advertised as thinning. The picture shows a young woman, having emerged from her bath, draped in a towel and wearing slippers
Weight / Keep your FiggerFat lady admires her own substantial reflection in the mirror: " Whatever you do, girls - keep your figger!"
Strauss and MonkeyStrauss, a German savant, believes that by careful dieting, animals can be taught to think and speak, and fish can be taught to sing