Strength Collection (page 5)

Comic postcard, Man visiting the doctor Date: 20th century

Arab Girl - Cairo, Egypt - wearing coins and medallions on a beaded string around her hairline and neck. Date: circa 1907

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

Communist China - young men on training exercise
Young men with a red flag on an exercise designed to strengthen the mind and the body during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

Alex Aberg - Estonian Wrestler
Aleksander Richard Aberg (1881-1920) - Russian-Estonian professional Greco-Roman and free-style wrestling world champion of the early 20th century. Date: circa 1910

Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior
Quote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology

Testing teeth, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Testing artificial teeth in a modern tooth works, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C. Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture Library Date: 1947

European Bison - adult male bull lying down - mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

Bottlenose dolphin - jumping out of the water (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

James Bausch in the decathlon, 1932 Olympic Games
James Aloysius Bernard Bausch (1906 1974), a.k.a. " Jarring Jim", American athlete who competed mainly in the Decathlon pictured throwing the discus

Indian boy sitting on Victoria Regia water lily leaf
An Indian boy in Madras sitting on a Victoria Regia giant tropical water lily leaf, demonstrating its great strength. The leaf has taken on some water, but is staying afloat. Date: July 1914

Japanese Sumo Wrestler in traditional pose. Date: circa 1950s

Guam - Houses undamaged after Typhoon
Guam - Morning after the Typhoon of November 13th 1913 - the houses look remarkably unscathed - testament to clever local architectural design!!! Date: 1913

Veritas Mantles 1929
Advertisement for Veritas Mantles...for strength and brilliancy. A clumsy man (possibly a lamp lighter) accidentally breaks the glass of a street lamp with his ladder as he passes...Not broken

Boys Club tug of war circa 1930
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Boys Club tug of war 1928
One half of a tug of war with members of a Boys Club. Their supporters shout encouragement

Aryan Types / Running
The Aryan race : " nobility of blood, incomparable beauty of form and mind, and a superior breed". Men and women running along the beach demonstrate strength and beauty

Claudia Quinta dragging a ship into Rome
The Roman matron Claudia Quinta clears her name by dragging a ship bearing a statue of the Cult of the Great Mother (Magna Mater, Cult of Cybele) into Rome, after first praying to the gods for help

Lord Kitchener with Allied flags, Unity is Strength. Date: circa 1915

Trade card from Parkers Ginger Tonic, New York City
Trade card advertising the Parkers Ginger Tonic, New York City; " The best health strength restorer in the world" Date: circa 1880

M. Spadoni, juggler and balancer performing at the Alhambra pictured holding his assistant, who happens to be riding a bicycle, with one hand. Date: 1899

Communist China - workers in sports session
Workers having fun taking part in a tug of war session during the Cultural Revolution era in Communist China. circa 1970

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

Man rolling cigarette in the street, Ireland
Man rolling a cigarette in the street, Ireland. circa 1967

WW2 - We win because we are the strongest - Buy War Bonds
WW2 - " We win because we are the strongest" - Buy French War Bonds. Map showing the comparative strength of the Allies. The Axis powers at this point did not include Italy and Japan

London street scene - The Coster Girl
A series of postcards showing women (in various jobs) in London - The Coster Girl.. Romanian-born sculptor and illustrator Alexander Popini served in the Royal Air Force during World War I

Fletts Happy Families - Master Mixed Pickle - A Strong Lad. circa 1930s

Emancipation, her man at arms-length on a piece of string
Female Emancipation - A well-dressed lady keeps her man (in WW1 military attire) safely at arms-length on a piece of string. Date: circa 1916

Great French Military manoeuvres witnessed by Tsar Nicholas
The Franco-Russian alliance of 1892 established privileged relations between France and Russia. Reciprocal protocol exchanges and visits were organised

Eight Chinese Factory Girls on a wheelbarrow, China
Eight Chinese Factory Girls (and one small baby!) transported on a wheelbarrow, China - the driver must be very strong! (see: 10980304 for a B/W version) Date: circa 1908

Scottish Types - Throwing the Hammer, Clan Campbell. 19th century

Scottish Types - Putting the Stone, Clan Cameron. 19th century

Advertising sheet music, Plasmon biscuits
Advertising sheet music, Plasmon cocoa and chocolate oat biscuits. A popular song, Humpty and Dumpty, by Charles Wilmott and Hermann E Darewski. 1907

Caricature, Henry Irving as The Lyceum Lion
Caricature, Henry Irving, English actor -- The Lyceum Lion. With a quotation from Tennysons play The Cup, in production at the time

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

Irish Strongman Paddy Kelly
Paddy Kelly from Dundalk, Ireland - he frequently sat full-grown people in the palm of his hand. Date: 1795

Francis of Assisi Music
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI on his sickbed, has his strength renewed by the sound of celestial music. Date: 1182 - 1226

Colgate Dental Cream / Adv
An advertisement for Colgate Ribbon Dental Cream - for strength and happiness...good to taste and good for the teeth. Date: 1919

Strong Man & Aircraft
Hans Packer, an American strongman, proves his strength by resisting the attempt of two aircraft to tear him apart Date: 1931

Shakespeare / Hector(T&c)
Act V, Scene III Cassandra & Andromache plead with Hector not to fight: A: " Consort with me in loud & dear petition, " Date: 1795

We Gladstone / Sword Dance
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE Liberal MP and Prime Minister depicted as a Scottish sword dancer, on the strength of his Scottish parentage Date: 1809 - 1898

Strike / Military Strength
Armoured cars on Londons streets provide protection for food convoys and evoke cheers from the watching crowds Date: 1926

George Stephenson - Hammer
George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) Engineer as a young man, throwing the hammer

Illustration, A Song of the English, British Empire
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). My arm is nothing weak, My strength is not gone by

Stiff by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Hilarious sequential cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a French soldier unable to move the crank on the front of an officers car

European Bison - adult male - birch forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

European Bison - adult male bull - ruminates after feeding - mixed forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

European Bison - pair of adults - supplementary feeding - enclosure in a forest (Bison bonasus L.). Okskii Wildlife Reserve - near Ryazan - central Russia. autumn - September

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