Skip to main content

Gymnasium Collection

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Mr Sandow Attending To His Days Correspondence, c1898

Mr Sandow Attending To His Days Correspondence, c1898. Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a German pioneering bodybuilder known as the father of modern bodybuilding

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Tommy McCarty, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Tommy McCarty, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tommy McCarty, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Louisiana Young Ful SS, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service

Louisiana Young Ful SS, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Louisiana Young Ful SS, 1914

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Unknown

The new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. 'The sensible and judicious speech of Lord Stanley at the opening of the new gymnasium...has been generally quoted

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The Camp at Aldershott: the gymnasium, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson

The Camp at Aldershott: the gymnasium, 1868. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Camp at Aldershott: the gymnasium, 1868. 'Outside the building sham forts are erected for the practice of escalading...The object of the system is to develop

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Mike Donovan & father, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Mike Donovan & father, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mike Donovan & father, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Interior of the new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Unknown

Interior of the new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Interior of new Gymnasium in Myrtle-Street, Liverpool, 1865. 'The large hall presents to the eye an array of ladders, bars, ropes, and nets, which to the uninitiated is hopelessly bewildering...Mr

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Bicycle tournament at Liverpool, 1869. Creator: C. R

Bicycle tournament at Liverpool, 1869. Creator: C. R
Bicycle tournament at Liverpool, 1869. 'The amusing exercise of riding upon the two-wheeled velocipede, or bicycle, has been taken up by the enterprising gentlemen of Liverpool with extraordinary

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Training robe worn by Muhammad Ali at the 5th Street Gym, 1964

Training robe worn by Muhammad Ali at the 5th Street Gym, 1964
White terry cloth Everlast robe worn by Muhammad Ali at the 5th Street Gym, a boxing gym in Miami Beach, Florida. Ali became World Heavyweight Boxing Champion the same year

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Cy. Smith, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Cy Smith (also known as Kid Smith), a lightweight boxer

Background imageGymnasium Collection: French boxer Charles 'Little Apache' Ledoux and Frank Fleming, between c1910 and c1915

French boxer Charles "Little Apache" Ledoux and Frank Fleming, between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Kruger Bros. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service

Kruger Bros. between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Kruger Bros. between c1910 and c1915

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Gymnastic meeting of the Edinburgh Schools, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Gymnastic meeting of the Edinburgh Schools, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Gymnastic meeting of the Edinburgh Schools, 1864. As an illustration of the growing practice of gymnastic training, which at Edinburgh is now systematically encouraged in the higher

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Irkutsk Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Vladivostok. Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Vladivostok. Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Women's gymnasium, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Waterman Gymnasium, U. of M. [i.e. University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich

Waterman Gymnasium, U. of M. [i.e. University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich. between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Waterman Gymnasium, U. of M. [i.e. University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich. between 1910 and 1920

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Portrait of Wesley Prince, Nat King Cole, and Freddie Moore, 1938. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

Portrait of Wesley Prince, Nat King Cole, and Freddie Moore, 1938. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Wesley Prince, Nat King Cole, and Freddie Moore, 1938

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), 1938. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb

Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), 1938. Creator: William Paul Gottlieb
Portrait of Nat King Cole, New York, N.Y.(?), 1938

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female students playing basketball in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students posing with exercise equipment in a gymnasium, Western... Washington DC, (1899?)

Female students posing with exercise equipment in a gymnasium, Western... Washington DC, (1899?)
Female students posing with exercise equipment in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students exercising in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female students exercising in a gymnasium, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Female students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle... Pennsylvania, c1901 - 1903

Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle... Pennsylvania, c1901 - 1903
Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, between 1901 and 1903

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle... Pennsylvania, c1901 - 1903

Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle... Pennsylvania, c1901 - 1903
Male Native American students in physical education class, Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, between 1901 and 1903

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Construction of the Krasnoyarsk Women's Gymnasium, 1883. Creator: AK Keppel

Construction of the Krasnoyarsk Women's Gymnasium, 1883. Creator: AK Keppel
Construction of the Krasnoyarsk Women's Gymnasium, 1883. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Krasnoyarsk Men's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Krasnoyarsk Men's gymnasium, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Krasnoyarsk Men's gymnasium, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday November 24. 1888, 1888. Creator: Unknown

The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday November 24. 1888, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover Saturday November 24. 1888, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Portfolio owned by Chris Dundee, 1950-1998. Creator: Everlast Worldwide, Inc

Portfolio owned by Chris Dundee, 1950-1998. Creator: Everlast Worldwide, Inc
Carrier for paperwork owned by Chris Dundee, original owner of the World Famous 5th St. Gym, a boxing gym in Miami Beach, Florida, where many fighters made their names, including Muhammad Ali

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Underwood typewriter and case, ca. 1950. Creator: Underwood Typewriter Company

Underwood typewriter and case, ca. 1950. Creator: Underwood Typewriter Company
Typewriter owned by Chris Dundee, original owner of the World Famous 5th St. Gym, a boxing gym in Miami Beach, Florida, where many fighters made their names, including Muhammad Ali

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Photograph of Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, gymnasium coach of Harvard University, 1859-1871

Photograph of Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, gymnasium coach of Harvard University, 1859-1871
This photographic print depicts Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett, the first African American gymnasium coach at Harvard University. Hewlett is seated and is surrounded by a variety of exercise equipment

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the

Plan of a spacious and magnificent College designed after the ancient gymnasia of the Greeks and the baths of the Romans

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Gimnasio Lopez, de Sevilla, ca. 1860. Creator: Possibly by Luigi Pesce

Gimnasio Lopez, de Sevilla, ca. 1860. Creator: Possibly by Luigi Pesce
Gimnasio Lopez, de Sevilla, ca. 1860

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Physical Exercises at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902

Physical Exercises at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902
Physical Exercises at the royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Girl Gymnasts at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902

Girl Gymnasts at the Royal Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, Friar Gate, Derby, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol. XVI - June to November 1902". [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London, 1902]

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Gymnastics, 19th century(?)

Gymnastics, 19th century(?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Male students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Male students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Male students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Male students exercising, some with equipment, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Male students exercising, some with equipment, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students exercising with dumbbells, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female students exercising with dumbbells, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students exercising with bowling pins, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Female students exercising with bowling pins, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female students exercising, one with a wall-mounted device using ropes... Washington, D.C

Female students exercising, one with a wall-mounted device using ropes... Washington, D.C
Female students exercising, one with a wall-mounted device using ropes and pulleys, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Female student exercising with a wall-mounted device using ropes and... Washington, DC, (1899?)

Female student exercising with a wall-mounted device using ropes and... Washington, DC, (1899?)
Female student exercising with a wall-mounted device using ropes and pulleys, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Five girls lying on mat in gymnasium in front of basketball scoreboard... Washington, D.C

Five girls lying on mat in gymnasium in front of basketball scoreboard... Washington, D.C
Five girls lying on mat in gymnasium in front of basketball scoreboard, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Girls in bloomers on climbing apparatus, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Girls in bloomers on climbing apparatus, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Omega stopwatch, ca. 1960. Creator: Omega

Omega stopwatch, ca. 1960. Creator: Omega
Omega stopwatch owned by Chris Dundee, original owner of the World Famous 5th St. Gym, a boxing gym in Miami Beach, Florida, where many fighters made their names, including Muhammad Ali

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Artist

Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Artist
Boxing training at Horden Colliery gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. Some youths get some training in the noble art at the training gym provided by the National Coal Board at Horden Colliery

Background imageGymnasium Collection: One of the Reception Rooms at the Sandow Institute, c1898

One of the Reception Rooms at the Sandow Institute, c1898. Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a German pioneering bodybuilder known as the father of modern bodybuilding

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908

Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, London, 1908
Gymnastic display at Elm Lodge Residential School for Elder Blind Girls, West Norwood, Lambeth, London, 1908. Girls in the gymnasium pose in pyramid formation with flags; others sit on apparatus

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Girls in the gymnasium, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908

Girls in the gymnasium, Fulham County Secondary School, London, 1908

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Interior view of a gymnasium, 26 St Jamess Street, Westminster, London, c1830. Artist

Interior view of a gymnasium, 26 St Jamess Street, Westminster, London, c1830. Artist
Interior view of a gymnasium, 26 St Jamess Street, Westminster, London, c1830

Background imageGymnasium Collection: View of the London Gymnastic Society Gymnasium, Pentonville, London, 1826

View of the London Gymnastic Society Gymnasium, Pentonville, London, 1826. Showing men performing various exercises including parallel bars and tug of war

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Boys and girls playing netball, Cable Street School, Stepney, London, 1908

Boys and girls playing netball, Cable Street School, Stepney, London, 1908. A mixed group of boys and girls playing in a gymnasium, refereed by a teacher

Background imageGymnasium Collection: James J Corbett, American boxer, training with Jim Kennedy, 1900

James J Corbett, American boxer, training with Jim Kennedy, 1900. Known as Gentleman Jim, James John Corbett (1866-1933) became world heavyweight boxing champion in 1892 when he knocked out John L

Background imageGymnasium Collection: A miner from Sunderland gets some ringside boxing advise, Newcastle, 1964. Artist

A miner from Sunderland gets some ringside boxing advise, Newcastle, 1964. Artist
A miner from Sunderland gets some ringside boxing advice, Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, 1964. A miner from Horden Colliery receives some advice before stepping into the boxing ring in this photograph

Background imageGymnasium Collection: After the fight, the Horden Colliery training Gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964

After the fight, the Horden Colliery training Gym, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 1964. A boxer receiving a post-fight massage

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The boxer, a Sunderland miner, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters

The boxer, a Sunderland miner, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters
The boxer, a Sunderland miner, 1964. The boxer in this photograph taken for the Notional Coal Board was a miner from Horden Colliery, just south of Sunderland

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Portico of the Petronii, Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia

Portico of the Petronii, Thuburbo Majus, Tunisia. The Roman town of Thuburbo Majus was founded as a veterans settlement in 27 BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Headless statue, the gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus

Headless statue, the gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus. Archaeologists have found remains at Salamis dating back to the 11th century BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus

The gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus. Archaeologists have found remains at Salamis dating back to the 11th century BC. Evidence of Phoenician and Assyrian settlement has been found

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Headless statue, Roman gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus

Headless statue, Roman gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus. Archaeologists have found remains at Salamis dating back to the 11th century BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Fresco showing St Elias, Roman gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus

Fresco showing St Elias, Roman gymnasium, Salamis, North Cyprus. Archaeologists have found remains at Salamis dating back to the 11th century BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The First Kazan Gymnasium, 1890-1900. Artist: Anonymous

The First Kazan Gymnasium, 1890-1900. Artist: Anonymous
The First Kazan Gymnasium, 1890-1900. Private Collection

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Convalescent Hospital - How soon shall I be able to fly again?, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton

Convalescent Hospital - How soon shall I be able to fly again?, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Convalescent Hospital - How soon shall I be able to fly again?, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Auditorium-gymnasium, Edwards Bragg School, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1922

Auditorium-gymnasium, Edwards Bragg School, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, 1922. From The Architectural Forum Volume XXXVII. [Rogers and Manson, New York, 1922]

Background imageGymnasium Collection: A Christmas dance at the German Gymnasium, London, c1902 (1903)

A Christmas dance at the German Gymnasium, London, c1902 (1903). The German Gymnasium was designed by Edward Gruning and completed in 1865 for the German Gymnastics Society

Background imageGymnasium Collection: A Corner of the Ladies Exercise Hall, c1898

A Corner of the Ladies Exercise Hall, c1898. The Sandow Institute of Curative Physical Therapeutics, of 32A, St. Jamess Street, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XXV. [The Connoisseur Ltd

Background imageGymnasium Collection: One of the Spacious Exercise Halls, c1898

One of the Spacious Exercise Halls, c1898. The Sandow Institute of Curative Physical Therapeutics, at 32A, St. Jamess Street, London. From The Connoisseur Volume XXV. [The Connoisseur Ltd

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, late 19th or early 20th century

Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA, late 19th or early 20th century
Hemenway Gymnasium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, late 19th or early 20th century. The building of the gymnasium in 1878 was funded by Augustus Hemenway

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Display by the Aldershot gymnastic staff, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co

Display by the Aldershot gymnastic staff, Hampshire, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
Display by the Aldershot gymnastic staff, Hampshire, 1896. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 31st January 1896

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Display by the staff of the Aldershot gymnasium, Hampshire, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co

Display by the staff of the Aldershot gymnasium, Hampshire, 1895. Artist: Gregory & Co
Display by the staff of the Aldershot gymnasium, Hampshire, 1895. The physical training of the soldier. A print from The Navy and Army Illustrated, 20th December 1895

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Grammar Pupils, 1910s

Grammar Pupils, 1910s
Grammar Pupils

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Grammar Pupil, 1910s

Grammar Pupil, 1910s
Grammar Pupil

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The Palestre, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier

The Palestre, 1615. Artist: Leonard Gaultier
The Palestre, 1615. The palestre was, in ancient Greece, the place where the physical fight and the other exercises were practised

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The Roman Gymnasium, Sardis, Early 3rd century, Turkey, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon

The Roman Gymnasium, Sardis, Early 3rd century, Turkey, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
The Roman Gymnasium, Sardis, Early 3rd century, Turkey, 20th century. Sardis was an ancient city in Turkeys Manisa Province

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Roman Gymnasium, c. 4th century BC

Roman Gymnasium, c. 4th century BC
Roman Gymnasium, c.4th century BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Roman Baths with Gymnasium beyond, c. 4th century BC

Roman Baths with Gymnasium beyond, c. 4th century BC
Roman Baths with Gymnasium beyond, c.4th century BC

Background imageGymnasium Collection: The Greek Gymnasium in Salamis

The Greek Gymnasium in Salamis
The Gymnasium in Salamis, Cyprus

Background imageGymnasium Collection: Roman statues in the gymnasium in Salamis, 3rd century

Roman statues in the gymnasium in Salamis, 3rd century

Background imageGymnasium Collection: YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, 1887

YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, 1887
Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) Gymnasium Longacre, London, 1887. Young men sprinting through the Maze. Wood engraving

Background imageGymnasium Collection: YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888

YMCA gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888
Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) gymnasium, Longacre, London, c1888. Opened by the Prince of Wales, 16 June 1888. Men exercising using various apparatus. Wood engraving


All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping