Physical Education Collection

Girls hockey match, Airedale school, Castleford, West Yorkshire, 1962

Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Physical Training at a Recruits Depot, c1943

Ski jump, 1927. Creator: Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig (1880-1938)
Ski jump, 1927. Private Collection

Regional physical education festival, 1928. Creator: GP Putintsev
Regional physical education festival, 1928

Religious training and physical culture; An evidence of the remarkable advancement of members of the Young Men's Christian Association in the development of mind and body, 1917

Military Training, 1917 or 1918

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

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 Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, between 1901 and 1903

School children exercising on lawn, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute; Exhibition of the girls physical culture class, 1922

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

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

The Team of Aberdeen Gymnasts, Winners of the N.P.R.S. Challenge Shield, with their Instructor, Captain, and Club Pianist, 1902. From " The Windsor Magazine Vol

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]

Physical Drill on the Arethusa. c1930. Creator: Unknown
Physical Drill on the " Arethusa". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Ships", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, ]

P. T. Instructor, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
P.T. Instructor, c1943. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs, was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during World War II

Indian and black girls exercising with medicine ball, Hampton Institute, 1899 or 1900

Grade school, Washington, D.C. - outdoor exercise class, (1899?)

First Division school class exercising with barbells in schoolyard, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

Classroom scenes in Washington, D.C. public schools - outdoor exercise with rods - 3rd Division, (1899?)

Washington, D.C. Public Schools - classroom scenes and school activities, (1899?)

Calisthenics or dance class, outdoors, 3rd Division, (1899?)

Outdoor calisthenics, 1st Division, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Outdoor calisthenics, 1st Division, (1899?)

Dumbbell exercises, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Dumbbell exercises, (1899?)

Boys track meet - the start, Central High School, (1899?)

Outdoor posture exercises, (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Outdoor posture exercises, (1899?)

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 and pulleys, Western High School, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

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

Schoolboys exercising, Washington, D.C. (1899?). Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Schoolboys exercising, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

School children learning a dance in a school yard, Washington, D.C. (1899?)

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

Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, 1933. Creator: Vogeler, Heinrich (1872-1942)
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, 1933. Found in the Collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Girls holding Indian clubs, Cromer Street School / Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906
Girls holding Indian clubs, Cromer Street School/ Argyle School, St Pancras, London, 1906. A group of girls stand in the school hall, all of them holding an Indian club in each hand

Exercise class, Buckingham Street Girls School, Islington, London, 1906. Girls taking part in a physical training drill in the playground stretching with their arms reaching upwards and to the left

Open air exercise class, Ben Jonson School, Stepney, London, 1911. A class of girls perform physical drill in the playground. A classroom is set up under a shelter in the corner of the playground

Girls exercise drill, Montem Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A class of girls in the playground lunge sideways with their arms stretching upwards

Girls with hoops, Lavender Hill Girls School, Bermondsey, London, 1906. Girls performing an exercise drill involving the use of hoops in the school hall

Exercise drill, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906
Exercise drill with two teachers watching, Crawford Street School, Camberwell, London, 1906. Boys and girls doing exercise drill with dumbbells in the school hall

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

Exercise class, Buckingham Street School, Islington, London, 1906. A physical training drill in the playground, with girls with legs raised backwards and arms stretched sideways

Drill in playground, Alma Boys School, Bermondsey, London, 1908. A class of boys, all with their arms outstretched, undergo an exercise drill under the instruction of a teacher

Games master taking a gym class, Airedale school, Castleford, West Yorkshire, 1962

Parade, c. 1930. Artist: Magaziner, Semyon Abramovich (1886-1940)
Parade, c. 1930. Private Collection

Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR (GTO). Badge, 1930s. Private Collection

Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, 1931. Artist: Lissitzky, El (1890-1941)
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure, 1931. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Physical drill at Canning Town Womens Settlement, London, c1901 (1901)

Physical drill at a London school, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

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

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

Physical & Recreational Training Instructor, (2nd Class), 1937. Artist: WA & AC Churchman
Physical & Recreational Training Instructor, (2nd Class), 1937. Churchmans Cigarette Series, The Navy At Work

P. E class in Sri Lanka. Artist: CM Dixon
A P.E class in the village of Sigiriya in Sri Lanka. The girl in the centre, facing the camera, is leading her class

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