Physical Fitness
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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. $40
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.
$40
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. $60
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
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
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
210phys:
Harper's Weekly
1877
Intercollegiate Athletics
NY Athletic Club athletes compete in Hurdle, Long Jump, Hammer, and Putting the Shot Wood Engraving
16" x 11"
$30
211phys:
Harper's Weekly
1897
Record Athletes
Pictoral vignette of athletes- Sweeney, Conneff, Owen, Reber, Puffer, Gray, Luce, Jewett, Mitchell and Dohm
16" x 11"
$30
212phys:
Harper's Weekly
1892
Events of Intercollegiate Championship Programme
Photogravure of college stars, incl. Collis, Finlay, Cook, Harding, Elcock, Welch, Carr, Vredenburgh, Turner, Fearing, Davis, Shead, Bloss
16" x 11"
$30
213phys:
Harper's Weekly
1897
English and American Contestants at the Annual Championship Games, Manhattan Athletic Club
Contestants include Lange,Lambrecht, Page, Clarke, Wood, Ray, White, Mitchell, Youngs, Copland
16" x 11" $40
214phys:
Harper's Weekly
1899
The Athletes Who Will Win Points At The Intercollegiate Track Championship, Manhattan Field
Includes athletes from Harvard and Yale- Burke, Spitzer, Adams, Grant, Jarvis, Kraenzlein, Baxter, Long, Boardman, Blount, Fisher, Tewkesbury, Cregan and McCracken
16" x 11"
$30
215phys:
Harper's Weekly
1881
The Inter-Collegiate Athletic Games
Hand colored wood block shows the finish line, and an inset of the challenge cup
8.5" x10.75""
$40
216phys:
Leslie's Weekly
1897Intercollegiate Games At Berkeley Oval
title
Competitions in NYC- athletes incl. Burke, Johnson, Remington, Garrett, Winsor, Woodruff and Hollister
16" x 11"
$30
217phys:
Leslie's Weekly
1905
The College Men's Greatest Athletic Tournament
Track and Field Meet in Philadelphia with athletes from Princeton, Cornell and Yale
16" x 11"
$30
218phys:
Leslie's Weekly
1894
Last Appearance Of Yale Athletes At Travers Field Prior To Their Departure To Compete With Oxford
Photogravure shows Cady, Hatch, Goff, Chase, Morgan, Hickock, Sanford, Sheldon
16" x 11"
$30
219phys:
Leslie's Weekly
1894
The Most Promising Candidates of the Yale and Harvard Track and Field Teams Which Compete at the Annual Dual League Contest at New Haven, May 15th
Photogravure showing the teams portraits
16" x 11"
$30
220phys:
Leslie's Weekly
1893
The Meet of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States at Chicago- Prominent Competitors for Championship
Hand Colored Photograveure shows champions in action
16" x 11"
$40
221phys:
Leslie's Illustrated
1888
Walking Matching in Madison Square Garden
two views of walking race showing score board and inset of James Alber the winner
hand colored wood engraving
16" x 11"
$50
222phys:
Leslie's Illustrated
1875
Wrestling Match on Steamer Montreal
hand colored wood engraving
16" x 11"
$80
223phys:
Leslie's Illustrated
1888
Walking Race/Long Distance Running
pictured: CL Nicholl, ED Lange & TP Coneff; a tear in the text has been archivally mended
hand colored wood engraving
16" x 11"
$50
224phys:
1893
Amateur Athletes Championship Meeting, Bergen Point, N.J.
16" x 11".
$40
225phys:
c.1932
Olympic Games - Los Angeles
fruit label
10" x 11"
$30
226phys:
Frank Leslie's
1882
Walking - 6 day Pedestrian Match
Madison Square Gardens New York City
shows a spurt in the walking race
hand colored wood engraving
8" x 11"
$30
227phys:
1917 Work and Win, An Interesting Weekly for Young America magazine featuring "Fred Fearnot's Boy Champion; Or Fighting For His Rights" by Hal Standish, including other stories. Front cover image shows two boys engaged in a fight as other males look on. Front cover has old tape markings on left lower border and cover is attached only at top. Other markings appear on top left border and back cover has tape markings and a small tear on top.
11 x 8 in. $25
228phys:
1857 Wood engraving featured in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion titled, "The Wrestling Scene, in Shakspeare's Play of "As You Like It," Scene 2, Act 1."
15 x 11 in. $30
229phys:
1854 Lithograph of Sarony & Co., New York titled, "Wrestlers at Yokuhama," from Nature by Heine.
11 x 8 in. $60
230phys:
1892 Half-tones on two pages from Harper's Weekly showing twenty-six wrestling positions between two wrestlers. Each page (both pages sold as one set) measures:
15 x 10-1/2 in. $40
231phys:
1870 Harper's Weekly wood engraving on a half-page titled, "Wrestling," which shows two wrestlers engaged as a group of wrestlers watch.
10-1/2 x 9 in. $25
232phys:
1877 Wood engraving featured in Harper's Weekly on a half-sheet titled, "Wrestlers In Baroda."
11 x 7 in. $30
233phys:
1882 Hand colored lithograph by F. Opper which was featured in Puck titled, "When Brute Meets Brute Then Comes the Applause of Curs." Scene shows two bloodied wrestlers in the middle of a ring of police officers.
12-1/2 x 9-1/2 in. $50
234phys:
C.1854 Wood engraving with text featured in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion titled, "Arab Kicking Match at the Festival of Tikar, in the Presence of the French Officers."
15 x 11 in. $30