Stretching Collection (page 2)

Japan - the Foreign settlement of Kobe
Lantern slide of the Foreign settlement of Kob鮠 When Kobe port was opened in 1868 after two centuries of isolation policy by the country

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

Sudan - Africa - Men and Women at Lado Enclave Date: circa 1910

David Wright woman in evening dress and black gloves
Elegant woman in a low-cut evening dress and long black gloves, stretching her arms in a seductive pose. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Women of the Burmese Kayan Lahwi tribe
Four women and a young baby from the Kayan Lahwi tribe, a group of the Karenni people of Burma (Myanmar). Women of the various Kayan tribes identify themselves by their different form of dress

Cat reaches up to open the door
Unusual Friends - cat reaches up to open the door. 1950s

A mile-long KFOR invasion column stretching from the border between Macedonia and Kosovo to the Kosovo plains.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles

Abdul-Ham - Arab Boy Acrobat - Hi act is called Arabian Fantasies and this card states tat he is the very best at it! Date: circa 1910

London, England - Battle Village - Wide empty street, houses stretching into the distance. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - London. Date: circa 1900

South Africa Cape Colony - Bulawayo Agency Building - Square building stretching length of street. Part of Box 169 Boswell Collection - South Africa Cape Colony. Date: circa 1900

Grinning policeman and clown on a Christmas card
Grinning policeman on a Christmas card, pulling a clowns ear. (2 of 2) Date: early 20th century

4th Avenue, New York
Today 4th avenue is a thoroughfare in the New York city Borough of Brooklyn stretching for six miles. Widely known as Park avenue

Picking Flower in Wall
Trying to reach a flower growing out of a wall Date: circa 1890

Model wearing a floral maternity evening gown 1937
Model wearing a full length draped floral maternity evening gown, lightly shirred across the bust with three hand-run tucks down either side which can be let out inch by inch

Self-portrait of Andrew Besley, photographer, yawning and stretching in bed in the early morning. 1956

Man yawning and stretching on a train as he reaches his destination. Date: circa 1960s

The flowers awake
The flowers of the garden awake after their long winter sleep. Date: 1895

Female in shorts and striped top stretching on lawn Date: 1946

Cornwall - Lands End
Black and white. Image of craggy rocks stretching out to sea.. Part of Box 365, Miscellaneous Part 1, Boswell collection. Slide number 2. Date: circa 1900

Japanese / Manchurian / Red-crowned CRANE - pair dancing in snow (Grus japonensis)

Asian / Indian Elephant - baby (Elephas maximus)

Russian village Garyi stretching along the river Sosva bank. North Ural Mountain region, Russia. traditional wooden houses and vegetable gardens, meadows and forest. September

3rd Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, training
Boys of 3rd Hillbrow Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa, doing physical training

A Trouser Stretch of the Imagination by Heath Robinson
Are you taking care of your summer flannels? A suggestion for preserving the shape of your nether garments in view of the summer holidays

The Awakening by Muriel Dawson -- a baby wakes up and stretches. Date: 1929

English Dance School
Girls doing leg stretching exercises at the Berthe Krull Dance School. Date: 1930s

Keep Fit Exercises
Three women standing in front of a mirror doing keep fit stretching excercises. Date: early 1930s

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

Poster advertising Trufood -- Put breakable things out of reach. Date: circa 1949-1950

Washing and stretching cloth. Print shows two women with a large washtub and a hammock, washing cloth and laying it on the hammock to dry. Date between 1767 and 1769

A man, bare-chested, sitting cross-legged with arms raised over his head, stretching or practicing yoga(?). Date between 1830 and 1850

Scissors and Pendulum - Exercise regime for 1927
Images illustrating two exercises, the Scissors and the Pendulum designed to keep the figure neat and trim for 1920s ladies. Date: 1927

The Seal - Exercise regime for 1927
A recommended exercise for the 1920s lady, the Seal improves the general circulation, strengthens the abdomen and corrects that very common fault called sway back. Date: 1927

Silhouette, Early to Bed, Early to Rise
Early to Bed, Early to Rise -- silhouette showing a little boy standing in front of his bed, stretching and yawning

Land Girls Awake
Happy Land Girls stretching their arms out in their beds as they awake! Date: early 1940s

Chelsea Foreshore
Stretching along the foreshore to the west of Chelsea Bridge, London, is this long line of old sailing barges. This Barges Graveyard houses many bohemian artistic Londoners. Date: 1940s

Swan Stretching its Neck
Study of a swan with its neck outstretched. Date: 1960s

Girl Exercising
Keep young and beautiful : A smart little girl demonstrates how a few minutes stretching your arms and legs each day is a good form of exercise. Child, children Date: 1930s

Double page spread in a diary for 23-28 October
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 23-28 October. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Policemen doing synchronised exercises
Policemen doing synchronised gymnastic exercises

Stretching Polar Bears Skin - Inuit
Two Inuit man and a young boy stretch a Polar Bear skin on a frame

Girl stretches over a low table
A young girl - pictured with arms stretched out over a low table. Pencil and wash sketch by Raymond Sheppard

D-Day - Limbering up for the Invasion
American soldiers use the dockside in a small English harbour to keep fit during the pre-landing period. The landing ships are berthed alongside

Physical education, girls
A group of barefooted teenage girls learn to be graceful and lady-like during a lesson of musical movement, which involves playing various musical instruments whilst stretching and dancing

Physical education, girls
A group of barefooted teenage girls learn to be graceful and lady-like during a lesson of musical movement, which involves playing various musical instruments whilst stretching and dancing

North Bank of the Thames from Westminster to Temple, London
Engraving showing a view, across the River Thames, towards the North bank stretching from the Houses of Parliament (on left) to the Inner Temple (extreme right), London, 1865

Female Model Waking Up
A woman sits on her bed in her night-gown having just woken up

The Preparation of Cinnamon in Ceylon
Series of illustrations in The Graphic showing the preparation of cinnamon in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka). 1. Cutting cinnamon sticks. 2. Peeling the Sticks. 3. Stretching the Cinnamon Bark. 4

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