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Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Girls DrillGirls perform a drill routine with sticks. Date: circa 1906
Commercial Travellers Schools, Pinner - Boys DrillCommercial Travellers Schools, Pinner. Boys Boys perform a drill routine. Date: circa 1906
Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire, WW1Belgian soldiers watching German shell fire on a street in the village of Grembergen, East Flanders, during the First World War
National Gymnastics Competition Caen, Parallel and High barsNational Gymnastics Competition Caen, competitors competing on the Parallel and High bars (in synchronised performance). Note the safety mat is actually a large pile of soft sand! Date: 1911
Playbill postcard for Alfs ButtonThe most popular manifestation of Orientalism after WWI seems to have been Alfs Button. W.A Darlingtons novel appeared in1920, was filmed (silent movie) the same year
Reduced facsimile of a Chart of Physical Exercises (supplied with Cassells Physical Educator). Date: circa 1910s
Young Ballet DancerA little girl performs a ballet routine with a balloon, perhaps during a ballet lesson. Date: early 1930s
LCC-LFB Brigade headquarters jumping sheet drillJump sheet demonstration by firefighters at Southwark HQ -- a long gone London Fire Brigade training routine. Jumping sheets were carried on front line London fire engines until late 1941 when
The Dolly Sisters by Bert WilsonRosie and Jenny Dolly, stage performers the Dolly Sisters pictured performing a routine in feathered costumes. Date: 1927
Aircraft Safety CheckA routine aircraft saftely check being carried out at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. Date: 1960s
Two Little Sleepyheads by Muriel DawsonTwo children make their way to bed wearing dressing gowns and with their arms around each other
Beauty Routine 1931A woman examines her face in a looking glass at her dressing table, surrounded by bottles of lotions and potions to improve her reflection
Olympic / Publicity 1932Female athletes perform a routine to publicise the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
SS Umbria, 1893Engraving of the Cunard steamship Umbria. During a crossing from Queenstown to New York in December 1892, the Umbrias propellor shaft broke and she was disabled
Child being VaccinatedA baby has come in for a routine health check
Lady Using Eyebath / PhotoA woman keeps her eyes clean and bright by washing them in an eyebath with a mild solution of rose water and boracic
Travelling ActorsActors, part of a travelling theatre company, performing their comedy (or mime) routine on a platform in the middle of a field