Fit Collection (page 8)

Young man in studio photo, Mid Wales
A pale young man in a suit that looks too big for him, in the photographers studio, Mid Wales

Policemen doing synchronised exercises
Policemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Bathroom exercise / W H Robinson
Post War Britain: Health and happiness at home. Bathroom exercise for training the legs for running to the station in the morning

HMS Cornwall sailors
Sailors from HMS Cornwall exercising, Halifax, Canada 1911

German sport lesson
Girls playing ball during a sports lesson at a German school in the 1930s

German beach holiday 1936
Climbing frames on the beach and a family on holiday in Warnemunde, Germany in 1936

Throwing an Ink-bottle
In a fit of rage, a boy throws an ink bottle at another boys head; it misses and hits the door instead

A Couple stroll along the beach
An illustration accompanying an extract from Wilkie Collins book, The Law and the Lady. The caption reads: Instead of answering he burst into a fit of laughter- loud, coarse, hard laughter

KdF poster for childrens gymnastics
Poster advertising childrens gymnastic activities with the Third Reich leisure organisation Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy

Exercising with skittles
Girls exercising with skittles in Australia

Baby Elephant Aldin 1907
A baby elephant plays with a tiny pair of shoes, but of course they will never fit

Fleet Street newspaper clerks exercising at lunch time
Young clerks of the advertising departments of newspapers on Fleet Street assemble each lunch time at St. Brides Institute (the artistic headquarters of Londons printers)

A casual worker shovelling stones from his cell
This intriguing image entitled, The sieve in the wall: in the casual ward, shows a casual, or a man who receives temporary relief in a workhouse that is not his own parish shovelling stones he has

American Civil war. The War excitement in New York
As the war progressed, thirst for news grew. Recruitment drives for the Union army concentrated on skilled and fit firemen, who had their own regiment, the New York Zouaves

Woman Exercising
A woman exercising and touching her toes in a chapter called " How To Preserve a Youthful Figure"

Bending the Plates for the Cylinders of the Rotary Printing-

Ladies Ball Practice
Female athletes exercise by throwing large balls into the air, whilst outdoors in winter snow

The Normandie, the largest liner in the world
The burning of the luxury liner, the Normandie in 1942. The Normandie was the largest liner in the world. As World War II commenced the liner was taken out of service

Off to the Panto
The whole family are off to the pantomime - but lawks ! will they all manage to fit into a single cab ?

Costume Women 1852
Dresses: white with large floral design printed to fit the 3 flounces - flounces a disposition ; blue edged with black stripes & waistcoat style front in a contrasting fabric

Varsity Style USA 1917
American Varsity style: S-B three-piece suits (narrow fit) with patch pockets, suit with a belted coat & bellows pockets, plus four suits in window pane checks with spats

Gymnastic Sapeurs
The French sapeurs-pompier keeps fit with gymnastics which enable him to perform well in burning buildings and suchlike situations

WW1 / 1915 / ALLIES LEGS
With the Allies on their last legs, Germany - fresh and fit - awaits the final round of the fight (but this is May 1915, with more than three years to go !)

Gym Class / Primary School
Physical Exercise - children attend gym class at Danesfield County Primary School, Buckinghamshire

A Farrier at work, Worcestershire
A Farrier at work, fitting a shoe to a large working horse, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Playing Shuttleboard
DECK SPORTS The open space and smooth hard surface of the ships deck fit it admirably for the popular game of SHUTTLEBOARD

Birthday Drinkies
A gentleman celebrates his birthday by taking a drink or two with friends at the pub... but the postcard begs him not to overdo the drinks or he ll be fit for nothing tonight

Control Briefs 1935
And you thought tummy control knickers were a modern invention. This pair of Slenderline undies have a new point-yoke for a flat fit, without bulkiness

Keep Fit Leapfrog / 1940
Leapfrogging for health & fitness

Mussorgsky / Boris / Liebig6
Act Four : Boris suffers another fit and, sensing his end is nigh, calls for his son and declares him his legitimate successor

C18 Clavichord
A richly decorated French clavichord fit to grace the most aristocratic home

Legend of Cardigan Bay
Cardigan bay was once a lowland with 16 cities until Saethennyn, the drukard son of the king of South Wales opened the sluices of the dykes & flooded it in a mad fit

D-B Suit / Burton 1938
A businessman in smart grey, striped double-breasted suit with broad, long lapels & loose fit trousers

Anglo Saxon Bed
Three people manage to fit into this Anglo-Saxon bed

Green Gravel / Greenaway
All around the green gravel the grass is so green and all the pretty maids are fit to be seen - slightly different words from the usual version

Varsity Sac Suits 1907
Two American Varsity sac suits - rather shapeless & unbecoming with wide fit trousers that taper to the ankle. Worn with American shoes with bows

Extreme Vasity Suit 1907
American style: extreme Vasity sac suit (rear view) with narrow fit trousers with front & back crease & a deep turn-up or cuff. The jacket sleeves also have cuffs

American Sac Suit 1907
American Varsity sac suit: a S-B jacket with generous lapels & narrow fit trousers with a front crease; a bowler hat, wing collar & American style shoes with bows

Roman Paving
How paved Roman roads were made from paving stones cut to fit together

IVANs SON MURDERED 1581
Ivan IV Vasilyevich, known as The Terrible, clasps the bloody head of his son Ivan, whom he murdered in a fit of anger

Saint Pantaleon
SAINT PANTALEON He was a physician noted for his good works, which doesn t fit with this depiction of him in bishops robes. But nobody knows much about him

Girl and Lambs
A little girl tries to interest some lambs in the flowers shes picking : they wonder if they are fit to eat?

Working out 1940S
This smart young woman works out with weights every day, the secret to keeping such a perfect figure!

Chinese Schoolboys
Chinese schoolboys performing physical exercise. This glimpse of modern China is significant of much.. a Yellow Peril or a Yellow Blessing

Pyne - Lord Mayors Barge
LORD MAYORs STATE BARGE When the Lord Mayor of London travels upstream or down- stream, he does it in style for which Handels Water Music is the only fit accompaniment

Country Clothes 1913
A tweed lounge suit consisting of a lounging jacket & narrow fit trousers with turn-ups & a crease, worn with spats, a bowtie & a felt hat

Titanic / Girl in Gym
A girl on an exercise bike in the gymnasium of the Titanic

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