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Posture Class for girls at Barnard College, 1950s. | src Stephen Ellcock
Senior girls from “Leonians” pose on the lawn for photographers, doing a Swedish Drill. Australia, 1940’s / src: physical culture
Elsie Connor was elected as the healthiest Chorus girl on the New York stage, seen here with her boxing gloves. USA, ca. 1930 (Photo by Austrian Archives)
Russian-American actress and producer Alla Nazimova (born Mariam Edez Adelaida Leventon) working out, 1924 / src Ullstein Bild via Getty Images
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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
Russ Saunders, 1939, Gimli (written on verso) / src: eBay
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