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Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Dance Partners in German 'Rubber-Legged' Contest

Dance Partners in German "Rubber-Legged" Contest
Ilse Kuffler does a musical somersault while dancing with Carl Dirr. The Munich couple placed third in the "Rubber-Legged" contest

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Green Bay Packers Practicing Kicks

Green Bay Packers Practicing Kicks
Members of the Green Bay Packers football team practice kicking at DeWitt Clinton Park in preparation for their game against the New York Giants on November 11th at the Polo Grounds

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Climber on the Masara-Corda Rossa via ferrata, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Climber on the Masara-Corda Rossa via ferrata, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Athlete, 20 years, jumping hurdles, Winterbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Athlete, 20 years, jumping hurdles, Winterbach, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Tandem skydivers, Waldviertel, Austria

Tandem skydivers, Waldviertel, Austria

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Portrait of young man kayaking

Portrait of young man kayaking

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: College students performing acrobatic activities

College students performing acrobatic activities
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: College students performing acrobatic activities

College students performing acrobatic activities
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Women Do Exerxise In Gym

Women Do Exerxise In Gym
(Original Caption) "If you don't watch your figure; no one else will" is a sage bit of advice being headed by pretty belles of Clem Folkman's "Health Studio" at Cleveland

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Yale University Athletic Team

Yale University Athletic Team
(Original Caption) Portrait of a Yale athletic team (tug of war?), circa 1890

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Roman Sculpture of The Discus Thrower

Roman Sculpture of The Discus Thrower
Roman copy of Discobolus by Myron

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Girls Practicing with Balance Bar

Girls Practicing with Balance Bar
Young girls of the Royal Ballet School stretch their legs while holding onto balance bars

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Four Young Men Playing Basketball/Univ

Four Young Men Playing Basketball/Univ
(Original Caption) VT-Photo shows four young men playing basketball, University of Vermont. Models: H. Paxman, R. Boudreau, G. Shea and G. Abair, Ca. 1950s

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: African American Girls Hanging from Gym Bars

African American Girls Hanging from Gym Bars
(Original Caption) Gymnastics class at an African American girls seminary. Photograph, 1906

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Strongman Lifting Dumbell

Strongman Lifting Dumbell
(Original Caption) Strongman lifting dumbell overhead with one arm. Photograph, 1910

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Police Trainees Posing with Sports Equipment

Police Trainees Posing with Sports Equipment
(Original Caption) Group of police department trainees at Atto Gulphs Wood Haven and Myrtle Avenue

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Gunboat Smith in Fighting Pose

Gunboat Smith in Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Gunboat Smith, American Heavyweight Pug. Fighting pose

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Gunboat Smith in Fighting Pose

Gunboat Smith in Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Gunboat Smith, American Heavyweight Pug. Fighting pose

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Yale Football Captain Talbott Stretching

Yale Football Captain Talbott Stretching
Talbott, captain of Yale University's football team, and All American 1913

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Woman Exercising with Dumbells

Woman Exercising with Dumbells
1920's female exercising with dumbells in an early version of a gym. She is wearing casual clothes in loose black pants and a white shirt with a black scarf

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Obese Man Singing While Belly is Massaged

Obese Man Singing While Belly is Massaged
(Original Caption) "The musical beauty shop": A portly gentleman sings as his belly is mechanically massaged. Undated B/W photograph

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Dorothy Smith Performing Stunt

Dorothy Smith Performing Stunt
(Original Caption) J'ever try standing on your neck?? Well, here is Miss Dorothy Smith, a member of the Burnham dancing studios of Boston doing just that stunt

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Benny Leonard in Fighting Pose

Benny Leonard in Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Fight poses of Benny Leonard...Left hand upper cut

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself

Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself
(Original Caption) Jack Dempsey in Training

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself

Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself
(Original Caption) Jack Dempsey in Training

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself

Jack Dempsey Conditioning Himself
(Original Caption) Jack Dempsey in Training

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Babe Ruth Training at Academy

Babe Ruth Training at Academy
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Bernarr Macfadden At Fifty Five Years

Bernarr Macfadden At Fifty Five Years
(Original Caption) 3/8/1923-Congratulated on anniversary: Telegrams and letters of congratulations poured in recently when Bernarr Macfadden

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Group On Beach Doing Calisthenics

Group On Beach Doing Calisthenics
(Original Caption) 7/28/1925-Ocean City, NJ: This famous coast resort boasts one of the best calisthenics classes in existence

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Athlete Trowing a Javelin

Athlete Trowing a Javelin
(Original Caption) Girls Championships Held in Rain. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Miss Minnie Wolbert, of New York City, throwing the javelin at the Girls National AAU meet at Pittsburgh, on Sept

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Boy Bending Iron Bar into Pretzel Shape

Boy Bending Iron Bar into Pretzel Shape
(Original Caption) This stunt looks easy but sixteen year old Harry Luft, pictured above, will tell you that bending this iron bar into pretzel shape is not a simple matter for the average person

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Red Grange Holding Football

Red Grange Holding Football
Running back Ted Grange for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Babe Ruth Wrestling

Babe Ruth Wrestling
(Original Caption) Babe Ruth is shaping up for the next season, working out at McGovern's Gym at 66th Street and Central Park West. Photo shows the Babe wrestling around with McGovern

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Babe Ruth Stretching with Trainer

Babe Ruth Stretching with Trainer
(Original Caption) Babe Ruth is getting ready for next season by working out at McGovern's Gym under the personal supervision of Mr. McGovern himself

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Women Kicking in Unison on the Beach

Women Kicking in Unison on the Beach
A group of women practice the Charleston on a beach in Miami

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Doctor Examining Babe Ruth

Doctor Examining Babe Ruth
(Original Caption) Photo shows Dr. Cossit taking Babe Ruth's blood pressure

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Doctor Checking Babe Ruth's Breathing

Doctor Checking Babe Ruth's Breathing
(Original Caption) The Babe leaves for Yankee training camp next week and before starting on his 1926 season he decided to have his medical advisor Dr. H. Austin Cossitt give him the O.O

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Female Boxers Looking at Portrait of Jack Dempsey

Female Boxers Looking at Portrait of Jack Dempsey
(Original Caption) In Los Angeles, California, the ladies have gone in for boxing with all seriousness

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Men Participating in Cat-in-the-Wheel Race

Men Participating in Cat-in-the-Wheel Race
(Original Caption) 7/2/1926-Berlin, Germany: View of a human "cat-in-the-wheel" race, a recent sport packing the German stadiums

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Girls Stretching in Preparation For Boxing

Girls Stretching in Preparation For Boxing
(Original Caption) "Bunch of Gene Tunney's-Girls Take up Boxing

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Andy Payne Running in the Bunion Derby

Andy Payne Running in the Bunion Derby
Andy Payne from Oklahoma reaches Joliet, Illinois, during C.C. Pyle's Bunion Derby

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Paulino Uzcudum Showing off Muscles

Paulino Uzcudum Showing off Muscles
(Original Caption) A training day with Paulino...Paulino Uzcudum with his arms extended to show the muscles developed chopping down trees

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Participant Running in 'Bunion Derby'

Participant Running in "Bunion Derby"
(Original Caption) Only One More Day To Go. Andrew Payne, Claremore (Okla.) youth, still running strong at the finish of the great cross country race which started on the Pacific Coast

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Tommy Loughran Preparing for Bout

Tommy Loughran Preparing for Bout
(Original Caption) Tommy Loughran trains for Walker battle in Chicago...Tommy Loughran, light-heavyweight champion

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Paulino Uzcudum Training with Punching Bag

Paulino Uzcudum Training with Punching Bag
(Original Caption) Spanish gladiator prepares to meet the German lion...Perhaps it's the Spanish National Anthem Paulino Uzcudum is playing on the punching bag as he trains at Hoosick Falls, N.Y

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Actors Randolph Scott and Cary Grant Working Out

Actors Randolph Scott and Cary Grant Working Out
(Original Caption) Actors Randolph Scott (L), and Cary Grant show off their athletic prowess. Scott lifts weights while Grant punches at a speedbag. Undated photograph

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Arthur Bagley Instructing Women in Physical Culture

Arthur Bagley Instructing Women in Physical Culture
Celebrating his fifth year of broadcasting at the National Broadcasting Company, Arthur Bagley gives a lesson in exercise to four young women. Will Mahoney is at the piano

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Woman Standing On Exercise Machine

Woman Standing On Exercise Machine
(Original Caption) 7/19/1930-New York, NY: When some fifty women weighing more than 200 pounds (that's 5 tons) appeared at Philadelphia Jack O'Brien's gymnasium in New York City

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Women Preparing for Race in Hoopla Wheels, Berlin

Women Preparing for Race in Hoopla Wheels, Berlin
German women race across a lawn in hoopla wheels

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Buster Crabbe at 1932 Summer Olympics

Buster Crabbe at 1932 Summer Olympics
After winning gold in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Buster Crabbe of the United States loosens up his tank suit

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Women Playing Lacrosse on Beach

Women Playing Lacrosse on Beach
(Original Caption) Although the wet field may present many hazards, these bathing beauties have discovered an ideal method for retaining that svelte figure, in beach lacrosse at Long Beach, California

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Wladek Zbyszko Posing in Wrestling Position

Wladek Zbyszko Posing in Wrestling Position
(Original Caption) Wiadek Zbyszko, the famous Polish wrestling champion, who is a linguist of great ability and also a recognized authority on art, music, and literature is shown here

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Max Schmeling in Fighting Pose

Max Schmeling in Fighting Pose
(Original Caption) Photo shows Max Schmeling in his new fighting pose with left hand out

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Raymond Suvigny Weight Lifting at Olympics

Raymond Suvigny Weight Lifting at Olympics
(Original Caption) Raymond Suvigny, of France, who won the weight lifting event for the featherweight class at the Los Angeles Olympics

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Lillian Copeland Winner of Women's Discus Throw

Lillian Copeland Winner of Women's Discus Throw

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Gymnast Balancing on One Foot

Gymnast Balancing on One Foot
(Original Caption) Los Angeles, California: Romeo Neri, gymnast of the Italian Olympic team. ca. August 10, 1932

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jack Dempsey Running with Others

Jack Dempsey Running with Others
Famous boxer Jack Dempsey (left) trains in Great Falls, Montana

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Fay Marbe Playing Tennis

Fay Marbe Playing Tennis
(Original Caption) International Stage Star on Miami Holiday. Fay Marbe, noted international stage star, has joined the exclusive winter colony in Miami at the Florida year-round clubs

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Navy Cadets Wrestling

Navy Cadets Wrestling
(Original Caption) Navy Grapplers. This is a good sport to get the kinks out of one's system, aver these young wrestlers at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Hope Emerson Stretches While Singing

Hope Emerson Stretches While Singing
(Original Caption) 1/20/1933-Chicago, Illinois- Singing as she goes thru her exercses, Hope Emerson, the amazon of the American stage

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jimmy Dykes Choosing Bowling Ball

Jimmy Dykes Choosing Bowling Ball
(Original Caption) Getting Ready for Baseball's Opening

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Baseball Players Stretching

Baseball Players Stretching
The New York Giants perform leg exercises during spring training at Los Angeles

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Doctor Examining West Point Candidates

Doctor Examining West Point Candidates
(Original Caption) Candidates for entrance to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. are examined physically during their entrance tests at the Army Building in New York City, March 8th

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Mrs. Harold Lloyd Riding Bicycle

Mrs. Harold Lloyd Riding Bicycle
(Original Caption) Mrs. Harold Lloyd, wife of the famous screen comedian is taking up bicycling at her home and has found it is the best reducing exercise for that excess weight. Mrs

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Woman Using Exercise Equipment

Woman Using Exercise Equipment
(Original Caption) At Inventors Congress. Miss Helen Barnett uses a "Hollywood Exerciser." designed by D. Turner, during the Inventors Congress in Los Angeles, Cal

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Pat O'Brien and Personal Trainer

Pat O'Brien and Personal Trainer
(Original Caption) Photo shows Pat O'Brien doing a resistance exercise with the aide of a trainer and using a mirror to get the correct stance

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Doctors Examining Recruits

Doctors Examining Recruits
(Original Caption) Reforestation Recruits at Camp Dix, N.J. The first group of colored recruits to the "Reforestation Army" arrived from New York City at Camp Dix, N.J. on April 10th

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Chorus Girls Doing Leg Exercises at Gym

Chorus Girls Doing Leg Exercises at Gym
(Original Caption) 4/20/1933-New York, NY: The advent of legal beer didn't help the weight of shapely chorus girls of "Gay Divorce"

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Joe Savoldi and Ed Kennedy in the Ring

Joe Savoldi and Ed Kennedy in the Ring
(Original Caption) A Necking Party

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Man Working Out in a Plane

Man Working Out in a Plane
(Original Caption) 5/11/1933-New York, NY: "Jumping Joe" Savoldi, former football star of Notre Dame, and now an outstanding challenger for the Heavyweight Wrestling Championship

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Max Baer Training

Max Baer Training
(Original Caption) In Training for His Big Fight

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Max Baer Performing Calisthenics

Max Baer Performing Calisthenics
(Original Caption) In Training for His Big fight

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: 1934 Chicago Golden Gloves

1934 Chicago Golden Gloves
(Original Caption) 1934- Chicago, IL - When Joe Louis, Heavyweight Champion, was just a member of the 1934 Chicago Golden Gloves Team

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Joe Louis Stretching

Joe Louis Stretching
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis stretches during training

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Joe Louis Ready To Face Primo Carnera

Joe Louis Ready To Face Primo Carnera
(Original Caption) 6/18/1935- Pompton Lakes, NJ - Joe Louis, of Detroit, as he will shape up in the ring of Yankee Stadium, in the Milk Fund Bout with Primo Carnera on the evening of June 25th

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Jack Blackburn Examining Joe Louis

Jack Blackburn Examining Joe Louis
(Original Caption) A working over after a hard workout...Joe Louis, current "Dark Nemesis" of the heavyweight ranks, is seen here under the expert administration of Jack Blackburn

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Elsie De Wolfe Exercising with Ball

Elsie De Wolfe Exercising with Ball
American actress Elsie de Wolfe is the wife of Sir Charles Mendl, attache at the British Embassy in Paris

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Portrait of Joe Louis

Portrait of Joe Louis
(Original Caption) Guaranteed sedative...Joe Louis, the "Detroit Brown Bomber

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Doctor Examining Joe Louis

Doctor Examining Joe Louis
(Original Caption) The doctor says that Joe is fit...It won't be long now, folks

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Joe Louis Holding His Arms Out

Joe Louis Holding His Arms Out
(Original Caption) Joe Louis shows his long reach, his powerful legs, broad shoulders and narrow waist

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Max Schmeling Jumping Rope

Max Schmeling Jumping Rope
(Original Caption) Ex-Champ Prepares for Milk Fund Bout with Bomber

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Actress Dorothy Wilson Posing with Charles Atlas

Actress Dorothy Wilson Posing with Charles Atlas
Actress Dorothy Wilson, winner of the Most Perfect Model title by the Models League of New York, poses in swimwear with bodybuilder Charles Atlas

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Joe Louis Skipping Rope

Joe Louis Skipping Rope
(Original Caption) Louis Shaping Up. Joe Louis skipping rope at his Kenosha, Wisc. training camp, where he is preparing for his bout with champion Jim Braddock, In Chicago, this June

Background imagePhysical Fitness Collection: Glenn Morris Wearing Loincloth

Glenn Morris Wearing Loincloth
(Original Caption) Here is Glenn Morris, Olympic decathlon champion, who joins the ranks of athletes who have donned loincloth and bared chests to play the role of Tarzan for the movie cameras



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