Physical Collection (page 4)

Fire Drill! Date: 1930s

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

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970. They are taking part in a training exercise

Comic postcard, large man with small car
Comic postcard, showing a large man easing himself into a small sports car -- " I m almost there!" Date: circa 1930s

Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta (1745-1827). Italian physicist known for the invention of the battery in the 1800s. Statue. University of Pavia. Italy

Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot
Team photo from the Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot, Hampshire. Date: 1941

Borstal Drill in Gymnasium
Boys carry out physical drill in the gymnasium at an unidentified Borstal. Date: circa 1926

Webber & Ectoplasm
Jack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, producing ectoplasm from his mouth Date: 1939

Rock climbing at Bosigran, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Statue of the tennis player, Anthony Wilding
Physical Energy, a figure sculpted by Paul Troubetzkoy and based on the New Zealand tennis player, Captain Anthony Frederick Wilding. Wilding was Wimbledon Mens Champion in 1910, 1911, 1912 and 1913

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

Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Anato Hayes - Odditorium
Ripleys Believe-it-or-not - Human Automobile Tyre - Wilber H. Roden ( Edema ) is inflated with an ordinary air pump to three times his normal size! Odditorium at The New York Worlds Fair of 1940

A sance with Willi Schneider
Undated flashlight photograph taken during a sance with Willi Schneider in his home town of Braunau, Austria, showing a white cloth " phantom" pinned to a curtain by means of a safety pin

Girls Gym Display
Schoolgirls, pupils of Nita Henson, put on a formal gymnasium display on a rib stall climbing frame. Children exercising at school, PE lesson, keep fit class

Education of young Spartans in Ancient Greece
The education of young Spartans in Ancient Greece emphasises brawn rather than brain

Jubilee School 1941
( My Class ) Jubilee School 1941 Date: 1941

Extraordinary exhibition of Scapiglione
Advertising flyer for an Extraordinary Exhibition at the Saville House, Leicester Square, every day from Ten o Clock till One, and from Two till Ten. Scapiglione

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

Communist China - communal exercise session
Communal exercise session for timberyard workers during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Communist China - university students exercising
Communist China - a new intake of university students doing physical exercise. circa 1960s

West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Service
Photograph from a collection of 69 photographs relating to the West Indies Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1943-1947. Date: 1947

Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943
Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum

Recruits at physical drill in a hall - Gloucestershire Regim
Photograph of recruits at physical drill in a hall, new Bristol Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, 1914-1918.From a collection of photographs belonging to Lt R H Yeoman

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

Three frogs weightlifting on a German postcard
Three frogs weightlifting in the gym on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s

Hereford Industrial School Playground Drill
Boys at the Hereford Industrial School carry out a physical drill in the playground. Date: 1899

She stoops to Conquer, or the Long & Short of it
She Stoops to Conquer or The Long & Short of It - a couple very in love but completely un-matched in terms of height! Date: 1907

St Martins Orthopaedic Hospital And Special School, Pyrford, near Woking, Surrey, opened in 1916 by the Waifs and Strays Society (now the Childrens Society)

Outward bound school, Devon
Two boys and a teacher preparing for rock climbing at an outward bound school in Devon. Date: 1960

Group photo, women police officers in cricket team
Group photo, women police officers in a cricket team. They include WPC Haywood (centre, holding cup), Commander Sally Hubbard, ? Summers, Superintendent Joan Partridge, ? Sims

Presentation of cup to cricket team captain
Presentation of a cup to WPC Haywood, captain of the policewomens cricket team. Date: 1971

Women police officers in tennis gear, Pembridge Hall
Women police officers in tennis gear, with racquets, on the steps of Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Group photo, women police officers in netball team
Group photo, 14 women police officers in a netball team. Date: circa 1950s

Women police officers in athletics event
Women police officers, Alice Lusher, Shirley Thomas and Shirley Jennings (Becke), taking part in an athletics running event, watched by spectators. Date: circa 1950s

Women police officers training in a gym, London
Women police officers doing physical training in a gym, London. Date: circa 1950s

Group photo, women police officers in sports team
Group photo, eight women police officers in a sports team (possibly netball). Date: circa 1950s

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

TELEPHONE TALKIE
An engineer testing the latest telephones, due to be shown at the Physical Societys Annual exhibition of scientific instruments at Imperial College, London, England. Date: early 1930s

Industrial School Physical Training Group
Boys in Physical Training kit holding club, boxing gloves, rifles and dumb-bells at an unidentified Industrial School. Date: Date unknown

Webber Lifts Table
Jack Webber (1907-1940), English physical medium, raises a 20 kg table by manipulating gravity and etheric forces. Date: 1939

Advertisement, St Jamess Chest Expander -- Stooping of the Shoulders and Contraction of the Chest are removed in the most gentle and effective manner possible. 1845

National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton - Garden Shelter
Children in the garden shelter of the National Childrens Home, Chipping Norton, a branch which catered for children with physical disabilities

Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham - P. T. display
A display of physical training exercises by boys in the gymnasium of the Harborne Industrial School, Birmingham Date: circa 1903

Victorian Scrap, acrobat and clown. circa 1880s

Cartoon, Consequences of a Successful French Invasion, Me teach de English Republicans to work. Scene, A Ploughed Field. By James Gillray. Date: 1798

Yorkshire School for the Blind, York - Gymnastics
The Senior class at the Yorkshire School for the Blind, York, give a display of their physical training prowess

Page design, activities, School Silhouettes
Page design in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting three young women taking part in physical activities: roller skating

Page design, my heroes, School Silhouettes
Page design for my heroes, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA. Depicting a young man kicking a football high into the air

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