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Accession No 1995.41.10
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; Side view of male body builder
Brief Description A black and white photograph mounted on card showing an unidentified male body builder. The nude man is profile showing his right sife, and posed with his arms flexed and fists held in front of him.
One of a collection of photographs collected by Richard Jarrett, a well-known exponent of the breathing and exercise regime developed by Eugene Sandow. He was appointed by the Wanganui Education Board as an Honorary Instructor, and was employed to teach breathing exercised to schools within the district. He also ran the Wanganui School of Physical Culture at the Sandow Hall in Lower St Hill Street in the early 20th century and was employed as the Physical Education Instructor at the Winter School in 1904.
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker F J Denton Photographer (estab. 1899, closed 1928)
Primary Prod Date 1892-1905
Primary Prod Place Wanganui
Measurement Reading 19 x 14.5cm
13.5 x 6.5cm
Signature/Marks No 2
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Denton
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