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Advert for Battle Creek Health Builder 1929Mechanical massaging exercise machine that with a vibrating belt, used by 80, 000 men and women in the 1920s. Date: 1929
Advert for Abplanalps Institute, cure of obesity 1929Showing a man with large a waistline and after the recommended workout slim two months later. For all sexes the cure of obesity, free booklet and cinema demonstration
Testing teeth, illustration by William Heath RobinsonTesting 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
Tsar Bell, Kremlin complex, Moscow, RussiaThe Tsar Bell, also known as the Queen of Bells, Tsarsky Kolokol or Royal Bell, on display in the Kremlin complex, Moscow, Russia
Minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea, WW1A minesweeper trawling for mines in the North Sea on the outbreak of the First World War. A wire rope attached to a weight is dragged along the seabed
Ancient Grain Measures and Calvary at Gruyeres, SwitzerlandAncient grain measures and the Calvary at Gruyeres, Switzerland. After the opening was closed, grain was poured into the receptacles under the watchful eye of the bailiff to ensure that the merchant
Postcard illustrating the merits of Free Trade - Larger LoafPostcard from 1906 issued as part of the campaign to elect the Liberal politician Sir Robert Henry Hobart, 1st Baronet (18361928) to office
Charles Rowell. The Celebrated Pedestrian. Born in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England, August 12th 1853. Height 6 ft. 5 ins. Weight 140 lbs. Winner of the Astley Belt
Old Woman carrying firewood - Northern IndiaOld Woman carrying firewood she has gathered on her back in a large bundle - Northern India Date: circa 1910s
South African woman carrying goods on her headA south african woman, carrying her baby on her back with a wide variety of other goods balanced somewhat precariously (or so it seems to the uninitiated) on her head, including pans, rugs, mats
German U-Boat - UC5Cross-section through a captured German u-boat submarine - the UC 5. A mine-laying submarine, with six mine-holding chambers in the fore-section of the vessel
Mosul, Iraq - Iraqi man with his giant CornichonIraq - Mosul, a man stands proudly with his giant Cornichon (gherkin), weighing a whopping 22 kgs!
Rolls Royce car accidentA photograph of an upturned Rolls Royce, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Guinness on the road between Pisa and Rome. All the passengers were saved due to the body pillars in the car which withstood
Fakir on Bed of NailsAn ascetic lies on his bed of nails, knowing that if he distributes his weight evenly, its not that bad
Christmas card in the shape of kitchen scales, with a turkey on one side and a twenty pound weight on the other. Date: circa 1890s
French Railway Alphabet - K for Kilogrammes (kilograms). 19th century
British Food Rationing, First World War, 1918Diagram showing the weekly butchers meat ration allowed for an adult (with children receiving half the amount). Rationing was introduced at the end of World War One when ships carrying food
Two tabby kittens on bathroom scalesUnusual Friends - two tabby kittens on bathroom scales. 1950s
Regain That Boyish FigureAdvertisement from The Sketch for Rosenbaum Rubber Reducing Garments. Their range of corsets and bodices " disperses superfluous flesh naturally". 1928
University Exerciser and Reducer advertisementAdvertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy
Victorian scrap - middleweight boxer. late 19th century
The Bell - Bonsecours, Seine-Maritime department, FranceBell (weighing over 6 tons) at Bonsecours (Bon-Secours) - a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France; kept outside due to its weight being too heavy
Volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943Photograph of volunteers undergoing physical checks, 1943 (c).Potential recruits to the 5th Mahratta Light Infantry undergo weight tests at the regimental depot at Belgaum
Carrying a heavy load on the head - Sudan. Date: circa 1910s
Susi - with bathroom scales and Mum. 1950s
Susi - weighing a bone on scales. 1950s
Four pound weight with robins on a New Year cardFour pound weight with robins and holly on a cutout New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Ancient Balance With Sliding Weight for merly used at TuamAncient Balance With Sliding Weight Formerly used at Tuam - a view of a man outside with the balance in his hands. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s
7Lb. Weight Made of Stone, Ballycarry, Co. Antrim - a view of a stone weight. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Ballycarry). Date: circa early 1900s
Weighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - The NetherlandsWeighing round Edam cheeses at Alkmaar - a municipality and a city in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Alkmaar is famed for its traditional cheese market. circa 1910s
Three frogs weightlifting on a German postcardThree frogs weightlifting in the gym on a German postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds - Pound DayPound Day at Headingley Orphan Homes, Leeds. Local supporters of the home were asked to donate a pound in cash or a pound weight of household supplies. Date: circa 1919
Loom weights. 2nd-3rd centuries ADGermanic settlements in Berlin. Objects of Roman origin. Loom weights. Pottery. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Neues Museum (New Museum). Berlin. Germany
Scale with weights of platinum, 13th century2. Reproduction of a miniature depicting the use of a scale for weighing silver. 3-5. Remains of a scale with weights of platinum, 13th century. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia
Medieval anchors. LatviaAnchors of a ships. 13th-14th centuries. Museum of History and Navigation. Riga. Latvia
Boat carrying goods in the port of London. XIX century colored engraving
Bookbinding in a European-run Japanese paper factoryEuropean-run Japanese paper factory - sorting piles of handmade paper by size and weight. The European boss/overseer is at rear. Date: circa 1910s
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Strong the Weight Lifters Wife. circa 1930s
Happy Families Playing Cards - Miss Strong the Weight Lifters Daughter. circa 1930s
Happy Families Playing Cards - Master Strong the Weight Lifters Son. circa 1930s
Happy Families Playing Cards - Mrs Rolls the Bakers Wife. late 19th century
Tatler cover - Marquess of Douglas & Clydesdale - boxerThe Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale, later 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903-1973), Scottish nobleman and aviation pioneer, pictured on the front cover of The Tatler in 1924 at the Amateur Boxing
Humorous overweight tourist on a donkeyAn overweight woman been propped up by two Egyptian men, as she takes a ride on a bowed legged donkey to see the Pyramids. Date: 1908
Woman weighing fruit on scales in a shop. Date: 1970s
Reconnaissance BalloonsRodeks observation balloon for the German Army reduces weight by dispensing with the basket, but the observer might feel over-exposed, and become uncomfortable after a while. Date: 1895
Man and woman exercising, using weights and pulley rope. Date: 1917
Butter Market / USAAn inspector discovers under- weight butter pats in a Philadelphia market. Date: 1875
Girl Weighs HerselfA girl in a towel stands on tiptoe in an attempt to weigh as little as possible on her bathroom weighing scales. Date: 1960s