Morning Exercise, 1937

‘How You Can Keep Fit’. An exercise book written by Rudolph Valentino with photographs of the silent film star doing the exercises. It was published in 1923 by MacFadden Publications (NY).

Senior girls from “Leonians” pose on the lawn for photographers, doing a Swedish Drill. Australia, 1940’s / src: physical culture

Fig. 24 – Composite Exercise for Limbering up.
Physical training for business men, 1917 (Illustration created by
photographer A. B. Phelan to accompany H. Irving Hancock’s book:
Physical Training for Business Men, 1917) / source: archive.org

Fig. 12. Shoulder and arm rolling. Physical training for business men, 1917 (Illustration created by photographer A. B. Phelan to accompany H. Irving Hancock’s book: Physical Training for Business Men, 1917) / source: archive.org

Group of girls wear their gas-masks during a gas drill
(emergency response exercise with gas masks), Moscow, 1930′s / src: Twitter

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Underwood & Underwood :: Vintage publicity / advertising photograph of
silent film actress Dorothy Janis,

late 1920′s. Dorothy shows off her toned figure and strength on the
state-of-the-art at home gym (the Gym-Junior).

Photographer’s ink stamp, handwritten notations & paper caption on verso. / source: eBay

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Exercising on the Beach, 1930′s / src: National Science and Media Museum

Federico Patellani :: Esercitazioni all’aperto / Outdoor Exercise, 1950. Gelatin print silver. / via

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George Caddy :: This image brings a smile to most people familiar with Max Dupain’s iconic Sunbaker 1937. In fact, it is an exercise designed to strengthen the chest. As Health and Physical Culture (1 May 1935) noted: ’… the breath is literally trod out of the figure on the floor. The idea is to make the chest as elastic as possible – hence full inhalation followed by treading and then complete relaxation and inertion.’ 20 February 1937.

src: SLNSW