Massage Collection

Pifco electric vibratory massager
Beauty that is yours sincerely: 1950s electric vibratory massager, claiming to help you keep slim and trim, promotes a healthy scalp, affords relief for tired feet and many muscular aches and pains

German Massage Parlour
Greetings from the Massage Parlour ! A young lady in spotty swimwear is treated (rather vigourously I would imagine) by a rather solid-looking Masseuse, who is kneading away at knots

Toilet / Massage / Japanese
A Japanese masseur works on his client, using his elbows to relieve tension in the back

SPA / MASSAGE / 1905
Neris les Bains: visitor is given a massage

Moorish Bathhouse - Algeria. Date: circa 1909

Blind ex servicemen learning anatomy and massage after WW1 Date: circa 1916

Servicemen blinded during WW1 learning anatomy and massage - 1920s Date: circa 1916

Turkey. Turkish baths for women
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Sereine Massage Advertisement
An advertisement for The Sereine Company, promoting their massage apparatus for women, seen in the image portraying a young lady with one leg placed high, as she massages her calf. Date: circa 1920

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

Turkey. Turkish baths for women. Engraving, 19th century
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Turkish baths for women. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Chaillot

Advert, Florian Sobocinski, Hair Pieces
Advert for Florian Sobocinski, Sidney Place, Leicester Square, London, Ladies Hair Pieces, Extensions and Implants, as well as face massage and manicure. 1897

Coogee Bay Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Coogee Bay Beach with Shark Tower (for observation), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with hot sea bathing and massage rooms. Date: circa 1930s

Edwardian society womens beauty treatments 1906
Edwardian ladies believed that it was their duty as a woman to look beautiful. Showing a variety of photographs of society women enduring treatment to help repair from seasons ravages. 1

Hong Kong - Itinerant Chinese Barber in the Street - offering a variety of services including shaving the head, back massage and scraping the eyelids! 1908

Albert, Duke of York - Guys Hospital - War Memorial Arch
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - Guys Hospital - War Memorial Arch Unveiled in July, 1921

Interior of the New Turkish Bath at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, USA. A health resort since the 1750s - Americas first spa! Date: circa 1930

MEDICAL / MASSAGE
Japanese Masseur Date: 1896

Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains
Massage at The Thermal Baths, Aix-les-bains, a thermal spa town on Lake Bourget, Savoy, France. Note the attractive tiling typical of establishments of this period and type (now very collectable)

Vichy, France - Thermal Baths - Water Massage. The male attendant in the foreground appears to be checking his patients pulse - one hopes the water jets did not have an adverse effect

Looking in the Mirror
A lady looking at herself in a dressing table mirror, holding her face and scrutinising her features. Date: early 1930s

MADRID BARBER 3 / 5 1987
Part of the tiled fascia of a Madrid barber shop: the barber cuts a little boys hair. Date: 1987

Advert for J. W Rowe & Co. electrical massage apparatus 1902
Heath in every home! by using Rogers consoidated electrical massage and medical apparatus. Claims to cures lots of alliaments. 1902

Massage class Date: 1919

A recuperating wounded WW1 soldier gets his comeuppance - initial delights at the idea of a massage from nurse on the Monday turns into stark realisation tat this might not be quite so pleasurable

Medicine. Neck massage. 20th century. Engraving

The Chiropodist

Woman in a Turkish bath
Turkish Bath, Hairdressing, Reposing Room. A woman reposing, receiving some sort of massage therapy in a Turkish bath. Date: 1904

Back Massage Glove
When water is not readily available, thick, knitted gloves are good for stimulating the circulation of the back! Date: early 1940s

Ice Neck Massage
A platinum blonde model demonstrates how to relieve stress and tension by applying ice wrapped in a flannel to the back of the neck. Date: early 1930s

Shorthand on the back of a postcard. Date: 1917

Ice Facial Massage
This glamorous platinum blonde model demonstrates how to do a facial massage with a block of ice wrapped in a flannel. Date: early 1930s

Automatic back massager / W H Robinson
Post War Britain: Health and happiness at home. A design based on bicycle mechanics, with seats, pedals and chain, enabling the user to massage his own back; the prelude to a hard days work

The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2 / 2)
The Royal Baths - Harrogate, Yorkshire (2/2). Massage Douche (Shower) Room - Aix System (from Aix-en-Provence, France)

Spa Treatments - Aix Les Bains, France
A man undergoing treatments in the new cleansing cabin at Aix-Les-Bains, France

Vending Machine / Massage
A vending machine offering a rejuvenating vibrating foot massage

Massage & Gymnastics
Various diagrams depicting massage technique

Massage / Plump Man 1906
- I hear you re having a baby, Mr Maurice? - Thats right - is it showing already?

Turkish Bath House 1835
Men in a bath house in Turkey

Massage / Vichy / Spa / Pcard
A massage in the Vichy Spa

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