Gymnasium Collection

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Female students exercising in a gymnasium, 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?)

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

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

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

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

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

Gymnastics, 19th century(?)

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

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?)

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

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

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

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?)

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?)

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?)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The First Kazan Gymnasium, 1890-1900. Artist: Anonymous
The First Kazan Gymnasium, 1890-1900. Private 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. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

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