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John B. Bailey, professor of sparring and gymnastics
12th Deutsches Turnfest at Leipzig12th 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 IndiesScout Leaders at a training camp in Grenada, West Indies, enjoying some gymnastics. 1949
Parsi Athletes - CalcuttaParsi (Zoroastrian) Athletes in Calcutta, India. Date: circa 1910s
Military Gymnastics, Ambala, IndiaBritish Military gymnastics at the troop barracks at Ambala, in the state of Haryana, India. Date: circa 1910s
The Ernst Idla Girls
Model AthleteA young woman in a ruched swimsuit hangs upside down from wooden exercise bars. Date: 1930s
Wembley Stadium, 1948 London Olympic GamesWembley 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 1927A gay brunette exercises on the rings. Date: 1927
Gymnastics display, Market Weighton Reformatory, YorkshireA gymnastics display by inmates of the Yorkshire Roman Catholic Reformatory for Boys at Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, opened in 1856
Policemen doing synchronised exercisesPolicemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises
Kensington & Chelsea District School, gym teamIn 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)
Kavala - Gynastic ExaminationsThe 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 ShieldsBoys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland
Production of The DairymaidsThe Queens Theatre (Shaftesbury Avenue, London) Production of The Dairymaids which ran for 76 performances from 5th May 1908, starring Phyllis Dare and Dan Rolyat
Poster advertising a Sports Festival in Basel, SwitzerlandPoster advertising a sports or gymnastics festival in Basel, Switzerland, on 26 and 27 June 1920. An idealised gymnast stands with his arms outstretched
The Turnfest - Bern - July 1906Swiss-wide Gymnastics Festival which takes place every six years - founded in the early 19th century (24th April 1832 in Aaru) and continues to this day
KdF poster for childrens gymnasticsPoster advertising childrens gymnastic activities with the Third Reich leisure organisation Kraft durch Freude - Strength through Joy
Boys Club gym class group photograph 1933An formal gym class group photograph featuring 24 boys from a Boys Club of 1933, standing and sitting outside, with their club leader standing proudly to the right
Boys Club gym class group photograph 1930An informal gym class group photograph featuring 23 boys from a Boys Club of 1930, sitting on gym equipment and smiling for the camera
Boys Club gym class group photograph 1937An formal gym class group photograph featuring 15 boys from a Boys Club of 1937, standing and sitting outside
Boys Club gym class group photograph July 1934An formal gym class group photograph featuring 25 boys from a Boys Club of 1933, standing and sitting outside, with their club leader standing proudly to the right
Boys Club gym class group photograph 1934An informal gym class group photograph featuring 32 boys from a Boys Club of 1934, sitting on gym equipment and smiling for the camera
Maze Hill Boys Club gym class group photograph 1922An formal gym class group photograph featuring 25 boys from the Maze Hill Boys Club of 1922, standing and sitting outside
London Central YMCA GymnasiumThe London Central YMCA Gymnasium with a wide variety of athletic training and gymnastic apparatus
Indian child gymnast atop a long poleA tiny Indian child Gymnast rather precariously held aloft by a long pole!
Monument to Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Berlin, 1873Engraving showing the monument to Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the teacher, politican and father of gymnastics, in Berlin, 1873
Girls doing Gymnastics, 1884Engraving showing a number of girls doing gymnastics at the International Health Exhibition, London, 1884
Russian Display 1940SA veritable army of female gymnasts participate in a mass display, below giant Russian army flags
Ladies Ball PracticeFemale athletes exercise by throwing large balls into the air, whilst outdoors in winter snow
Albert Hall GymnasticsThe Royal Masonic Institution for Girls puts on a display at the Royal Albert Hall; here, all the girls raise their right arms simultaneously
North London GymnasticsGirls from the North London Collegiate School swing around in a gymnasium
Gymnastic SapeursThe French sapeurs-pompier keeps fit with gymnastics which enable him to perform well in burning buildings and suchlike situations
Gymnastics for Health 2In his Heilgymnastischen Institut, Berlin, Dr Neumann teaches his clients exercises according to the Swedish method. Youths exercising in the Large Hall
Massage & GymnasticsVarious diagrams depicting massage technique
Greek GymnasticsGreek gymnastic activities
Belgian Gymnasium C1900Equipment for gymnastics at a Belgian girls school
Leap Frog on the BeachFive men playing leap frog on the sandy beach at Ramsgate. Kent, England
German Gym in LondonGymnastics in Britain are often of German origin. This is the scene at the opening of the German Gymnastic Hall in St Pancras Road, London
Gymnastics at SchoolBoys and girls from the Home and Colonial Infant School Grays Inn Lane, London, enjoy see-saws, swings, parallel bars and other apparatus
Sport / Gymnasticsa French family exercises at home using the Gymnase Pichery system