Stretching Collection (page 3)

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

The Crater of Mont Pelee, Martinique, 1926
Photograph showing an aerial view of Mont Pelee, Martinique, the volcano that erupted and destroyed St. Pierre in May 1902

Appian Way / Rome
The Appian Way stretching away from Rome and the Aqueduct of Claudius in the background. Date: circa 1890

Female in Bed 1911
A young woman wakes, but doesn t seem to be in much of a hurry to get up

Twin puppies and washing line
Twin puppies, Snip and Snap, are attracted to a row of clothes flapping on the washing line

Stretching Glass
Men stretching tubes of glass

Hadrians Wall at Byker
A view of Hadrians Wall stretching from Byker towards Newcastle. Built by order of Emperor Hadrian in AD 122, the wall marked the northern extent of the Roman Empire

Human skeleton holding a heavy object
A human skeleton in movement, holding a heavy object above its head

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