Gymnastics Collection (page 2)

Schoolgirls practising gymnastics to music (provided by an upright piano). Date: circa 1920s

Entertainment at Monte Carlo beach by Matania
An evening cabaret entertainment on the terrace at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera during the 1930s. The caption mentions that gambling took place on the Terrace in the open air - an entirely

Gymnastics at the Hermitage School, Brussels, Belgium, founded in 1907 by Jean-Ovide Decroly (18711932), a Belgian teacher and psychologist. Date: circa 1920

The Physical Culture Girl. A phenomenon of the early 20th century when mass gymnastics and exercise became popular. Date: 1909

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852). Engraving. Colored
Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852). German pedagogue, known as the father of gymnastics. Copy of a lithograph of Engelbach 1846. Engraving. Colored

GIRLS EXERCISE 1905
Exercises for girls using a short pole. Date: 1905

Gymnast on Rings 1914
A male gymnast hangs from the rings by his hands and feet. Date: 1914

Girl Shows her Agility
She shows off her agility Date: circa 1905

Military / Training / German
German soldiers engaged in a variety of exercises - swinging from ropes to cross rivers, climbing on one anothers backs to scale walls, gymnastics &c. Date: circa 1850

Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire - Jubilee Gymnastics
Boys at the Market Weighton Reformatory put on a gymnastics display during the institutions golden jubilee celebrations in 1906. Date: 1906

Harry Mason and Lily Bart - Novelty Comedy Gymnasts of Brixton, London. " Ah! But What Gymnasts!" It looks conceivable as if Harry Mason is here taking on the persona of King George V

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Industrial School - Gymnastics
Boys from the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Industrial School give a display of gymnastics. Date: circa 1904

Gymnastics outside

Swedish gymnastics

Gymnastics inside gym

BPTC students rehearse for a gymnastics display
Bedford Physical Training College students rehearse for a gymnastics display Date: 1937

Gymnastics Date: 1947

German postcard, young gymnasts at Marburg an der Lahn
German postcard advertising the second meeting of young gymnasts at Marburg an der Lahn, 2-3 August 1924. Date: 1924

Paris, France - Barriers, booths outside city limits. Date: 1855

NFS (London Region) fire brigade display at Lambeth, WW2
During 1942 and 1943, 23 air raids occurred over the London Region, but they were light in character. The firefighters of the NFS needed to be kept in a state of constant readiness

Main Gymnasium, YMCA, Los Angeles, California, USA. Date: 20th century

Gymnastic Display Boys
These club-swinging aces are boys from Woodstock College in north London, England, training for their annual gymnastic display. Date: 1930s

Vaulting Horse 1930S
Girls on a vaulting horse in a gymnasium. Date: early 1930s

French Riviera Keep Fit
The young handsome keep fit fanatic Professeur Caron wows a small crowd as he jumps in the air on a beach in the French Riviera. Date: early 1930s

British Gymnastics Display with announcer & seated audience
Unintentionally hilarious photographic postcard of a British Gymnastics Display with announce/trainer (armed with a megaphone) and a very reserved seated audience

Assembly Hall - Westminster City School - Gym Lesson
Assembly Hall - Westminster City School - Converted for a Gym Lesson. Located at 55 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HJ. Date: 1910s

National Gymnastics Competition Caen, Parallel and High bars
National Gymnastics Competition Caen, competitors competing on the Parallel and High bars (in synchronised performance). Note the safety mat is actually a large pile of soft sand! Date: 1911

Indian street Gymnastic and Acobatic Display Date: circa 1910s

Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s

Singapore - Traditional pole acrobat Date: circa 1909

NFS fitness demonstration, Regional HQ. Lambeth, WW2
Firefighters of the newly formed National Fire Service (London Region) put on a physical fitness demonstration at a review of the fire service in Lambeths drill yard at the Headquarters of the London

Satirical cartoon, March of Intellect No. 2, showing various forms of transport including balloons and other flying machines. circa 1828

John B. Bailey, professor of sparring and gymnastics

12th Deutsches Turnfest at Leipzig
12th Deutsches Turnfest (German Gymnastics Festival) at Leipzig - 12th-16th July, 1913. Adorning the festival garland Date: 1913

Scout Leaders at a training camp, Grenada, West Indies
Scout Leaders at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies, enjoying some gymnastics. 1949

Parsi Athletes - Calcutta
Parsi (Zoroastrian) Athletes in Calcutta, India. Date: circa 1910s

Military Gymnastics, Ambala, India
British Military gymnastics at the troop barracks at Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India. Date: circa 1910s

The Ernst Idla Girls

Model Athlete
A young woman in a ruched swimsuit hangs upside down from wooden exercise bars. Date: 1930s

Wembley Stadium, 1948 London Olympic Games
Wembley Stadium, as viewed from the air. The main track events and the official opening of the XIVth Olympiad took place here, as well as the finals of the football and field-hockey, fencing

Fete Federal de Gymnastique, Lausanne, Switzerland - 9th-13th July, 1909 Date: 1909

Brunette on Rings 1927
A gay brunette exercises on the rings. Date: 1927

Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, Yorkshire
A gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856

Policemen doing synchronised exercises
Policemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gym team
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kavala - Gynastic Examinations
The Gymnastic examinations at Kavala, Greece, the second largest city in northern Greece, the principal seaport of eastern Macedonia and the capital of Kavala prefecture

Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

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