Physical fitness
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on muscular efficiency and physical endurance. Works on optimal physical, mental, and social well-being, as well as how to achieve and preserve it, are entered under Health.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Building Physical Power Posters Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSSP 10089
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...
Dates:
1909
Daniel P. Connor, Jr., Manchester, New Hampshire, Winter Carnival Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSSP_7004
Content Description
A scrapbook compiled by the physical culture enthusiast Daniel P. Connor, Jr. The main focus of the scrapbook is the Manchester Winter Carnival of January 1923. During the Carnival young daredevil cliff divers taught by Connor received considerable publicity. In addition to news clippings, the scrapbook contains 139 photographic prints of Connor and his divers plus an additional 45 prints of other Carnival activities. The collection also includes about 20 letters mostly pertaining to the...
Dates:
1919-31; Majority of material found in 1923