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002phys: 1857 Home Exercises for Women. Article with engraved illustrations from the July 11, 1857 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Title is "Home Exercises." The article describes how each exercise should be done, and suggests doing them to the musical accompaniment of a piano. It warns that every traveler who visits the United States comments on the physical deterioration of our people, and urges fashionable American ladies to set an example by doing regular exercises. 11x16 in.
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003phys: 1918 Physical Fitness Ad: Strongfortism. Full page ad for Lionel Strongfort’s exercise program, from the February 1918 issue of Physical Culture magazine. Strongfort, whose photo is on the left side, sells his program by urging out-of-shape readers to become real men; not misfits. A coupon in the lower right corner contains a list of problems that Strongfort can cure: Flat Chest, Torpid Liver, Despondency, Youthful Errors, etc. etc. 9x12 in.
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004phys: 1890 Physical Fitness: New York Gym. Hand colored engraving from the Sept. 20, 1890 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Title is "The Gymnasium of the Central Turn Verein, New York." Shows men exercising and doing gymnastic routines on the gymnasium floor. Some spectators are watching from a balcony above. 11x16 in.
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005phys: 1902 Ad for Swoboda Exercise System. Full page ad for the Swoboda System of Physiological Exercise, created by strongman Alois P. Swoboda. The system was sold by mail order, and promised a cure for many different physical ailments. Photographic portraits of Mr. Swoboda are in the upper right and lower left corners. 11x16 in.
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006phys: 1875 Physical Fitness: Games in New York. Engraved print from the Dec. 18, 1875 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "Athletic Games at Gilmore’s Concert Garden, New York." Contains images of men displaying various physical exercises: fencing, weight lifting, wrestling, juggling, bicycle racing, etc. 11x16 in. $30
008phys: 1916 Physical Exercises for Women. Four photos on one page, showing various exercises to tone up the female form. Published in 1916 as an illustration to a book. Text beneath the images describes how each exercise is done. 7x10 in. $20
009phys: 1913 Fitness Article: Women Lack Grace. This article is actually a full page ad from the May 1913 issue of Sunset magazine, for a book titled "The Body Beautiful." The book was written by "Miss Kellermann," who is described by the article’s author as the Perfect Woman. The author of the article states that modern women do not get proper exercise, and are therefore either too corpulent or too angular. Following the instructions in Miss Kellermann’s book will enable all women to attain physical perfection. 7x10 in. $20
011phys: 1875 Physical Fitness: Fencing, Wrestling. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Athletic Games at Gilmore’s Garden, New York." Shows views of men involved in various athletic activities, including fencing, wrestling, weight lifting and bicycle racing. 11x16 in.
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012phys: 1888 An Hour in a Hand Ball Court in Brooklyn. This hand colored set of six engravings shows: the game from the gallery, serving the ball, running the reach, scooping, seeing the game through the glass, and keeping score. This unique engraving is from the December, 1888 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. size: 11x16 in. $80
200phys: Rare Old New York Sports: Track and Field. Hand colored engraving from the Oct. 6, 1891 issue of Once A Week, titled "New York: Grand Carnival of Sports of Manhattan Athletic Club, at Manhattan Field, September 19, 1891." In the center, there is an image of four men at the starting line of a foot race. A man behind them is preparing to fire the starting gun. Around the center image, there are smaller scenes of athletes participating in other sporting events: hurdles, shot put, cycling, and swimming. This print would be perfect for anyone with an interest in track and field sports! 16x22 in. $80
201phys: 1886 Newport Rhode Island Polo Scene. Large, beautifully hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "The International Polo Tournament at Newport." Shows a scene in the middle of a polo match, where both teams are competing for the ball. 16x22 in. $120
202phys: RARE Antique: 1858 Boxing Match Scene. Hand colored, engraved image from the Oct. 30, 1858 issue of Leslie’s Weekly, titled "The Great Prize-Fight Between Morrissey and the Binecia Boy at Long Point, Canada West. The Commencement of the Fight." The two boxers are shown squaring off in the ring, with a large cheering crowd behind them. 11x16 in.
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203phys: Sport on the Brain. Puck's American Phrenological Chart for the Season of 1887. Color Lithograph showing various sports in "Puck's" head. 11x16 in.
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204phys: 1892 Men Curling at St. Paul, Minnesota. Hand colored engraved image from Harper's Weekly titled, "Curling at St. Paul, Minnesota," drawn by T. De Thulstrup. Shows a group of men curling on ice in St. Paul, Minnesota. 22 X 16in. $50
205phys: 1860 Men Boxing in a Ring. Hand colored engraved image from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly in German. Shows two men boxing in a ring. 11 X 16in. $40
206phys: 1902 Women of Marvelous Strength And Agility. A Troupe of Italian Acrobats Who Have Attracted Wide Attention - By Our Staff Photographer, R.L. Dunn. Half-tone photographs published in Leslie's Weekly on April 10, 1902. Five scenes which feature women in various acrobatic poses. 11x16in. $50
207phys: 1909 An Intercollegiate Race on the Hudson at Ploughkeepsie. Lithograph by Hibberd-VB-Kling, published in Leslie's Weekly Magazine Number on June 24, 1909, Copyright 1909 By Judge Company, New York. Scene depicts several men rowing in a race on the Hudson in the foreground with other boats and bridge in background. 11x16in. $40
208phys: 1909 The Modern Marathoners. Lithograph published in Leslie's Illustrated Weekly on May 6, 1909. Copyright 1909 by Judge Company, New York. No. 2800. Front page revealing three men from different nationalities running. 11x16in. $40
209phys: 1894 The Latest Society Fad. Fashion Pays Court to Sandow, The Strong Man, At His Private Levees - Drawn By B. West Clinedinst. Hand colored half-tone published in Leslie's Weekly on March 29, 1894 depicting Strong-Man, Sandow, striking a pose for curious onlookers. 11x16in. $50