Gymnastics" album - Lot 56

Gymnastics" album In the 1875s, thanks to the intervention of politicians and doctors, physical activity for boys and girls became part of the school curriculum. This album presents photographs of the various sports featured in schools during the Third Republic. Portraits of groups: school, "Patronage Barbanègre", and classes in gymnastics, boxing, beam, swimming, cycling, dance, running... Parade to the Tuileries of young boys from the Patronage Barbanègre, then presenting themselves before the tribune of the President of the Republic Monsieur Loubet Paris, Versailles,France, c. 1890-1917 Approx. 230 period silver prints, mounted under tabs and mounted on album pages From 8 x 10.5 cm to 17 x 23.5 cm