Physical education and training

Scope and Content Books collected by Bernard Lange, CSC, in English and German, many of them illustrated, concerning sex, sexual practices of various cultures, sexual hygiene, sexual magic, sex in the future, sexual mores, sexual perversions, sexual power, exercise, the human body, nudism, women, and children. One oil portrait of Lange in a cap and gown. Three body-building and weight-lifting plaques representing awards carved by Father Lange for Robert Aboczky, when he was a student at Notre Dame in the...

Scope and Contents Posters demonstrating at-home workout techniques for men and women using everyday objects. Each poster is titled “Building Physical Power, The Science of Acquiring Strength Through Spinal Development.” The posters were published by the United Schools of Physical Culture, Executive Offices: 915 Flatiron Building, New York. Each poster features a model demonstrating poses instructed by Bernar McFadden. Each poster is copyrighted 1909 by E. R. Du Mont. This collection currently only includes...

Content Description One photograph album documenting the X. Slet (10th All-Sokol Gathering) gymnastic and physical education exhibition in Prague's Strahov Stadium in 1938. The photographs depict adults, mostly men with some women, and children participating in group synchronized physical education and gymnastic routines and other sports and activities, including parades. There are some group photographs of participants and spectators. Most photos measure 2.25 x 2.25 inches with a few larger images measuring...