Physical Collection (page 14)

Women working land in Cley, Norfolk, WW1
Women sent by the Womens Political Union to a farm at Cley, Norfolk for training in farm work during the First World War. Date: 1916

Land girl in Lincolnshire, WW1
A lady worker raising a sack of wheat to be carried to a wagon during the First World War. Date: 1916

Lady with carthorse and coal, WW1
A lady of Grasmere, who, on the enlistment of her servant, took on his rough work and tramped eighteen miles a day in all weathers during the First World. War

Colonel, Sir Malcolm Fox, army fitness advocate
Sir (George) Malcolm Fox (1843-1918), British Army officer and advocate of physical fitness. Crediting with introducing a exercise regime and fitness instructors in the British Army. Date: 1915

GLC-LFB - Junior firemen at Shoreditch fire station
The London junior firemen scheme started in 1964. Here they give a PE demonstration at the formal opening of the new Shoreditch Fire Station

Bound Medium, photographed during a seance
A physical medium, tied to his chair during a seance, with four others, captured in an infrared photo

Advertisement, Strand Theatre Opening
An advertisement for the opening of the Strand Theatre in Aldwych, Greater London on the 22nd of January 1838. Date: 1838

Advertisement for Horsfords Acid Phosphate
Horsfords Acid Phosphate, for mental & physical exhaustion, dyspepsia. It makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only. Rumford Chemical works

Boys exercising in school playground
Boys exercising in a school playground

Fencing Airmen
Royal Air Force cadets watching a bout of fencing at the School of Physical Training at Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. Date: 27 June 1933

PHYSICAL JERKS
A young woman demonstrates how to perform physical jerks as part of an exercise regime at Miss Critchleys School, London. 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

Unlikely couple of physical differences - Hyeres, France
Souvenir of Hyeres - an unlikely couple from the commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d Azur region in southeastern France. Date: 1896

Indian street Gymnastic and Acobatic Display Date: circa 1910s

Childrens Mixed Hockey Team - London, late 19th century. Date: circa 1890s

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

National Physical laboratory Hovercraft Unit Experimental craft HD2, HD2-001, built to investigate methods of improving lateral control and manoeuvrability

Geological timescale
A diagram showing geological time on earth as expressed in a spiral starting with earth in a molten state and progressing through deserts to the rise of mountain ranges and volcanoes

Bushmen in Botswana
A Bushman child of Botswana being measured for height by an anthropologist: Tsare village, Kalhari. Photo by Dr A J Clement, 1957 Botswana

Origin of Gem Minerals
A diagram showing cross sections through the earths continental crust to a depth of 40kms. Many gemstones form within the crust at different levels and at different temperatures

Oceanic and continental crust
A cross section of the Earths surface showing the continental crust on the left and oceanic crust on the right. Beneath the surface layer lies the Basaltic layer (in green) and the Mantle (in grey)

Earths Restless Surface
Images of volcanic eruption on display in the Earths Restless Surface gallery, the Earth Galleries, The Natural History Museum, London

Lagrange, Joseph-Louis comte de lEmpire (1736-1813). French mathematician and astronomer. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

CAUS, Salomon de (1576-1626). French architect and engineer. Les Raisons des Forces Mouvantes (1615). Engraving. FRANCE. Paris. National Library

BERNOUILLI, Daniel (1700-1782). Swiss mathematician and physicist. Litography

PERU. ICA. Southern Pan-American Highway crossing the desert

Astronomical and physical observations in the Kingdom of Per� de by Antonio de Ulloa and Jorge Juan. Printed in Madrid in 1783. Illustration from the 3rd Book. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid

Mary Somerville
MARY SOMERVILLE nee FAIRFAX Scottish writer on mathematics and physical science 1780 - 1872

London Fire Brigade - Tug of War Team
London Fire Brigade - Tug of War winning team (F District) group photo

LCC-MFB Recruitment strength test
There were many applications to join the MFB and there were about 99% rejections. A stern standard of physical fitness was laid down by the LCC and the Brigade

LCC-LFB - Junior firemen training scheme
The Junior Firemen was created in the latter days of the London County Council. Boys aged 16 to 17 were eligible to join the scheme

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

Ticket for Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military School
A ticket pass to the Summer Sports Day at a Suvorov Military School (a type of boarding school in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia and Belarus for boys of 14-18)

Folies-Bergere travail merveilleux sur le fil de fer par Fontaine. French poster shows aerialist Fontaine, labeled one of le heros du Niagara in three views: a small bust portait

Comparison of height and girth
A small squat, bald and rather rotund Italian gentleman, complains to his slender and tall friend about the disparity in their physicality! Date: 1917

And sent them to bed

Boys in training, physical drill, Shotley Barracks, WW1
Boys in training, doing physical drill in a field before breakfast at Shotley Barracks during the First World War. They are naval cadets attached to HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy training ship

Annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes
Scene from the annual celebrations of Dr. Barnardos Homes in The Royal Albert Hall. Here young girls perform physical exercise in the Indian Club Drill display. An exhibition of the good work of Dr

PE Class 1927
Physical education in school, 1927 Date: 1927

Bernarr McFadden
BERNARR MCFADDEN - American fitness guru, the father of physical culture, healthy- minded discourager of impure habits. Date: 1868 - 1955

PHYSCIAL ENERGY
Physical Energy, an equestrian statue in Kensigton Gardens; London. It was sculpted by George Frederick Watts (1817 - 1904), one of 3 castings made in 1902. Date: 1902

P. E. Lesson
Little boys enjoying leg exercises during a P.E. lesson. Date: 1960s

Revelations on Honeymoon
Revelations - 1st Chapter A hilarious postcard showing a couple on their honeymoon, revealing to each other (for seemingly yht efirst time!) their physical shortcomings

Sudan - PE at the Gordon College, Khartoum
Sudan - Physical Exercise for the students at Gordon College Khartoum. Date: circa 1910s

She beat them all soundly
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children... She beat them all soundly -- an illustration to the nursery rhyme, showing the old woman beating one of her many children. 1899

Physical drill on the HMS Iron Duke, WW1
Physical drill for the crew on the HMS Iron Duke during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Polish Scouts exercising
Long lines of Polish Boy Scouts doing physical exercises in the Middle East. 1940s

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