Fitness Collection

Male Type / Naked Beaute
A naked man in only a loin cloth. Fitness and beauty combined

Advert for Horlicks, the original malted milk drink, 1925 Date: 1925

Britains New Navy in Training - HMS Raleigh. circa 1930s

Bystander cover 1929 - In Training - Boxing woman
A woman in a fetching sporty outfit of silky shorts and stockings takes out her frustrations on a punch bag dressed up as a man. Date: 1929

The Womens League of Health & Beauty exercise classes, 1938
Health and beauty-a morning exercise class at Harrington Road, London, as conducted by Helen Stack(cousin of Prunella Stack)for the Womens League of Health and Beauty

Physical education, netball
Four girls playing netball, one tall girl takes a shot, the others await the rebound. Did she score?...we ll never know

The Gymnasium - Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon
circa 1910s

NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

NFS firefighter at a training camp, WW2
With a dramatic reduction in enemy attacks on London after the Blitz (1940-41) firemen and firewomen had to be kept gainfully employed and a high level of fitness and preparedness maintained

Eugen Sandow
EUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness

Feral Benga / Beaute
FRAINCOISE BENGA. Celebrated Senegalese dancer. Stared at the Folies Bergere, Paris using his stage name Feral Benga

Eugen Sandow, Muscles
EUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness, showing off his arm muscles

Exercise Machine
Two young women, toning up and staying slim with the aid of their new fangled rowing exercise machines!

Czech Republic - 10th All Sokol Rally in Prague 1938
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation)

Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

Advert for Terrys exerciser for men 1939
Christmas gift ideas from Herbert Terry exercisers, including steelstrand expander, golfer pocket wrist exerciser, spring grip dumbbells

Brian Jacks
World Champion for the arm dips, Brian Jacks gives a demonstration. Jacks was a British judoka who won Britains first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967

New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure
The New Banting Bed for Reducing the Figure. Cartoon by William Heath Robinson

Pe Class / Melton Mobray
Physical Exercise - Fitness class in progress at Sarson School for Girls, Melton Mowbray

Advert for Ovaltine, 1927 stressing sport, vitality and health showing seaside, swimming scene Date: 1927

Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, WW1
Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson (1883-1932), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Cromartie, society figure, danced and promoter of the healthy benefits of exercise

Womens League of Health & Beauty
Page from The Sketch reporting on the Womens League of Health and Beauty, who were in the midst of preparing for a big display at the Royal Albert Hall in 1934

Chaps Exercise Regime
A variety of body exercises, requiring no special apparatus, that will keep any chap in good shape

V for Victory Exercise
Doing the V for Victory gymnastic, keeping fit by stretching in a V shape! Woman women fitness

Titanic / Keep Fit Room
A woman keeping fit in the Titanics Gymnasium

Wrestling club for women in Vauxhall
Members of a wrestling club for women, opened in Vauxhall, London in 1928. Miss Dot Butler, the schools champion wrestler

Gymnastics
Page from Larousse Encyclopedia showing various disciplines in gymnastics showing a selection of intriguing equipment and exercises performed thereon! Date: 1930

Comic postcard, Large woman exercising on the beach, with warning from inspector Date: 20th century

Womens League of Health and Beauty, Prunella Stack
Lady David Douglas-Hamilton, formerly Prunella Stack, with some of her students and teachers at the rehearsal of the Womens League of Health and Beauty for the first peace-time rally in Regents Park

German Men at an open air spa, taking exercise, playing cards and lifting weights. Date: circa 1905

French Artillery Regiment in Training - Gymnastics on the high bars. Date: circa 1910s

Army Physical Exercises, WW2 preparations Date: 1939

Mr Hardy, Tottenham Hotspur trainer, massage demonstration
Mr Hardy, trainer of Tottenham Hotspur, giving a massage demonstration Date: 1946

Cardiff City Players keep fit using a punch ball, C Smith punching Date: 1946

Advert for Ovaltine Cold
An advert for Ovaltine Cold, promoting it as an energy-giving tonic. Date: 1939

SPANISH JAVELIN POSTER
A powerfully built woman launches a javelin, on a poster designed to encourage health and fitness during the Spanish Civil War. Date: 1936-9

Comic postcard, Large woman hiking Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large man running on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer on the beach
Comic postcard, Man with a pint of beer and sandwiches on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, breathing in short pants Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, exercising on the beach Date: 20th century

Advert for Ovaltine, 1925 Date: 1925

Young, muscular man on the beach
insertcaption Date: circa 1920s

Mrs Pyce-Jones training in her gym. 1906

League of Health & Beauty class at Ministry of Health
An exercise class of members of the League of Health and Beauty, comprising staff at the Ministry of Health in Whitehall. They were allowed to use one of the conference rooms for an out of hours

Women in a gymnastic wheel, a new craze. 1930

League of Health & Beauty demonstration in Hyde Park
Page 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 Robinson
If 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

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