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CURIE (1867-1934)MARIE CURIE Physical Chemist In her laboratory
Metal ReactionsThe chemical and physical reactions of certain metals
Tango craze: British ballroom version imagined, 1913" The tango untangled, and made suitable for use in British ballrooms." The Bystander imagines a sanitised version of the tango, suitable for dancing in respectable British ballrooms
Female jockeys riding gentlemen like horsesTwo women jockeys with riding crops, spur on their steeds - not horses, but top-hatted and tailed gentlemen who wear bridles in their mouths
Seven women police officers in netball teamSeven women police officers in the 1954 Met Police netball team, posing with a ball and a netball post. They include Heather Walker, Nora Blacklock, June Barrett and Pat Stacke. Date: 1954
Met Police cadets giving a displayA group of Metropolitan Police cadets in sports gear, giving a display of their athletic skills. Seven poles are held in place so that seven cadets can climb up and sit at the top
Physical education, netballFour girls playing netball, one tall girl takes a shot, the others await the rebound. Did she score?...we ll never know
UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USAA UFO abduction in New Hampshire, USA. Betty and Barney Hill, driving at night, see a UFO. Later they are stopped by the aliens, taken on board the flying saucer and subjected to a medical examination
NFS firefighters at assault course training camp, WW2With 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 SandowEUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness
Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (2 of 2)
Throwing the hammer, Braemar Highland GamesAlexander Mackenzie throwing the hammer at the 1911 Highland Games at Braemar, Scotland. 1911
Body Culture / BuildingCharles Atlass body-building programme: " No other physical instructor in the world has ever dared to make such an offer!" Date: 1932
Mina CrandonAmerican physical medium, whose authenticity was much questioned but never conclusively disproved
Eugen Sandow, MusclesEUGEN SANDOW American exponent of physical fitness, showing off his arm muscles
Ballet dancers exercising at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse. (1 of 2)
Soul Leaving BodyThe soul - the astral body - leaves the physical body of a girl at the moment of death, unseen by the living
Advertisement, James Figg, sword fighting, boxingAdvertisement for the services of the champion boxer James Figg - teaching gentlemen the use of the small backsword and quarterstaff, at home and abroad
Woman police officer in self-defence exerciseWoman police officer (Moya Wood-Heath) taking part in a self-defence demonstration exercise at an outdoor event, watched by spectators. Date: circa early 1970s
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1Advertisement, 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
Inside the Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain, LondonGeneral view inside the Dome of Discovery, part of the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank, London. This part of the exhibition covered Britains conquest of the physical world through
Homo erectus, Java Man cranium (Sangiran 17) castLateral view of partially reconstructed cranium of Homo erectus Java Man about 700, 000 years old known as Sangiran 17. Discovered by Towikromo in 1969
Rudi Schneider, aged 14. Rudi Schneider (27 July 1908 - 1957), son of Josef Schneider and brother of Willi Schneider, was an Austrian spiritualist and Physical Medium
Willi Schneider when young seated with Harry Price. Willi Schneider (1903 - 1971), brother of Rudi Schneider, was an Austrian spiritualist physical medium investigated by notable psychical
Pe Class / Melton MobrayPhysical Exercise - Fitness class in progress at Sarson School for Girls, Melton Mowbray
Rudi Schneider SeanceRudi Schneider (centre) - Austrian physical medium - and Harry Price (second right) re- enact their session - London
Handkerchief Knot TestTest at the National Psychical Laboratory on Rudi Schneider the Austrian spiritualist physical medium. Here, a knot has allegedly been tied paranormally in a handkerchief
Day Ufo Abduction / 1974At AVELEY, Essex, John and Susan Day are abducted, with their child and their car, aboard a UFO where they undergo a physical examination by the aliens
Lumber Jills, Land Girls in Devon, WW1Lumber Jills, Land Girls in breeches, leggings and hobnailed boots, doing forestry work in Devon during the First World War. 1914-1918
Nicholas of Cusa, Nikolaus Krebs, called (1401-1464). Philosopher, politician and cardinal of the Catholic church. Page of the dialogue De Ludo Globi (the ball game), 1460
Sports Day at Countesthorpe Homes, LeicestershireA group of boys, including some uniformed band members, at the Countesthorpe cottage homes in Leicestershire on their sports day in 1919
The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediumsUndated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control. This is one of series of photographs documenting Harry Prices investigations into
Mediumship / CaranciniItalian physical medium Francesco Carancini demonstrates table-lifting, though bound and seemingly in full light; he was however widely accused of trickery
Paranormal / PsychokinesisSTANISLAWA TOMCZYK Polish medium, demonstrates PK while under hypnosis, to Ochorowicz at Wisla, Poland, raising small objects
Athletics. Race. Early twentieth century. Engraving
A Visit to the Irish Pig! With reflections Physical & MoralGeorge III, accompanied by the Lord Chamberlain Salisbury, inspects a gigantic pig. Salisbury announces That Pig is the Tallest Fittest Properest Pig to stand before the K[ing]
Two females handstands on beam
Mediumship / GazzeraFemale figure evoked by Italian physical medium Linda Gazzera (who was subsequently exposed by Schrenck-Notzing) Date: 1911
Eleven British Public Schoolgirls in their PE Gymslips. Date: circa 1920s
Comic postcard, Large woman exercising on the beach, with warning from inspector Date: 20th century
Fyfield Residential Open Air School, EssexPhysical Exercise at Fyfield Residential Open Air School, Essex Date: 1935
Shakespeare quotes illustrated - the language of her bodyShakespeare quotes illustrated: " Theres language in her eye, her cheek, her lip - nay, her foot speaks" (" And this is the woman I have married" )
Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patieHistory of medicine. Doctor doing a thoracic and abdominal recognition of a patient. Miniature. Anatomy treaty. 14th century
Physical Chart of Indian Ocean (Currents, Temperatures ?)Physical Chart of Indian Ocean (Currents, Temperatures, Trade Routes)
Physical Chart of Atlantic Ocean (Currents, Temperatures ?)Physical Chart of Atlantic Ocean (Currents, Temperatures, Trade Routes)
Physical Chart of Pacific Ocean (Currents, Temperatures ?)Physical Chart of Pacific Ocean (Currents, Temperatures, Trade Routes)
Early x-ray equipment in the laboratory of Henry Augustus Rowland, the first president of the American Physical Society, Victorian period
WW2 - The Girls Of Today, A. T. S. ExerciseA WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image depicts a group of Auxiliary Territorial Service girls following a physical exercise routine. Date: circa 1940s
French Artillery Regiment in Training - Gymnastics on the high bars. Date: circa 1910s
Advert, Binyon's Elastic Chest Expander - avoid stooping of the shoulders and contraction of the chest. Date: 1848
Army Physical Exercises, WW2 preparations Date: 1939
Don Welsh, Charlton footballer, serving in the army, WW2Don Welsh, Charlton footballer who became a sergeant-instructor at the Army School of Physical Training during the Second World War Date: circa 1940s
Don Welsh and Joe Mercer sparringJoe Mercer of Everton (R) sparring with Don Welsh of Charlton (L), Army Physical Training sergeant-instructors, watched by Bruton, Davidson, Tremelling, Smith, Taylor Date: 1946
The Press Gang - forcing men to join the navy Date: 1879
Tableau of HopeMrs Ernest Platt performing a tableau of Hope at the Ritz Hotel in London. She is representing a painting of the same name by the artist George Frederic Watts, painted in 1886. Date: 1910
A physician, his patient, a coffin and two skeletonsFrontispiece of Robert Poole's A physical vade mecum (1741). Depicting a physician, his patient acoffin and two skeletons
Spain. Civil War. Camp of Union of Girls, sponsored by the National Committee of Physical Education, attached to the Ministery of Education and Health. Poster by Juana Francisca. SPAIN. Salamanca
Spirit head and shoulders sketch of D. D. HomeDaniel Dunglas Home (pronounced Hume') (March 20, 1833 June 21, 1886) was a Scottish Spiritualist, famous as a physical medium with the reported ability to levitate to a variety of heights
Soul leaving the body, c. 1850The astral body(the soul) leaves the physical body at the moment of death, as seen by the American visionary Andrew Jackson Davis. Date: circa 1850
Comic postcard, Two women discuss illness Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Large woman hiking Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Plump couple, Daily Dozen on holiday Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Large man running on the beach Date: 20th century
WW2, Army Exercise Instruction hanging cards, three double-sided for Monday to Saturday (visible here are Thursday, Friday and Saturday). Date: circa 1940
Alda and Doret, acrobatic performers, sensational, unique, and thrilling, the act without duplicate Date: 1934
Les Terrianos, acrobatic troupe, really sensational Date: 1934
Comic postcard, breathing in short pants Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, exercising on the beach Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Soldier joining the British Army, WW2 - medical examination Date: circa 1940s
Comic postcard, Soldiers in the British Army, WW2 - physical training in the camp Date: circa 1940s
Testing aeroplanes - The National Physical LaboratoryThe British Air-Office: A Place of wind-towers, whirling-tables and gales made to order. The testing of aeroplanes at the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington
Manual and sedentary workers, 1942Exercises for manual and sedentary war workers, 1942. Date: 1942
Advanced Swimming Certificate, Reading SchoolsAdvanced Swimming Certificate, Reading and District Elementary Schools Swimming Association, for swimming 40 yards in 50 seconds. 1924
Fayne, Milton and Tod in Will o the WhispersGreta Fayne, Billy Milton and Quentin Tod in Will o the Whispers at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London. 1928
Portrait medallion of Joseph Priestley, clergyman and physical scientist. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick Rathbones Old Wedgwood
Kitcheners new recruits, physical drill in Hyde Park, LondoKitcheners new recruits doing physical drill in Hyde Park, London. 1914-1918
Women in a gymnastic wheel, a new craze. 1930
George Frederick Watts, statue Physical EnergyGeorge Frederick Watts RA, painter and sculptor, posing in a garden with his large statue, Physical Energy. circa 1900
Some Clerical Types by John Kendal, Physical Energy. 1901
Comic Spanish postcard -- Look through that window, you ll see an elegant woman, but don t get too close, because of asphyxiating gases! Date: circa 1930s
WEBBER LIFTS TABLEJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a table above shoulder height, by manipulating gravity and etheric forces Date: 1939
MEDIUMSHIP / WEBBERJack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, uses ectoplasm to send objects round the seance-room Date: 1939
Children hanging from a pole, doing excercises during a gym class. Date: 1960s
Children doing leg exercises on a mat in the school gym. Date: 1960s
