1927
German children perform exercises in the snow.
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c. 1895
Boys work out with dumbbells in a gymnasium.
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1899
Students perform exercises at Western High School in Washington, D.C.
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c. 1900
German schoolgirls hang from exercise bars.
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c. 1900
Children do push-ups on a beach as a crowd looks on.
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1906
Students exercise with hoops at Lavender Hill Girls School in London.
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1906
Students at Buckingham Street School in London perform exercises.
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1906
Students at Montem Street School in London perform exercises.
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1906
Students at Buckingham Street School in London perform exercises.
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1906
Students at Crawford Street School in London perform exercises.
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1906
Students at Crawford Street School in London perform exercises.
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1907
Students perform exercises at Wilton Road School in London.
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1908
Students at Alma Boys School in London perform exercises.
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1910
Children perform exercises in Germany.
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1910
A child performs exercises on parallel bars.
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1927
German children perform exercises in the snow.
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1927
German children perform exercises in the snow.
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c. 1930
Four-year-olds participate in exercises at a school in Czechoslovakia.
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1936
Japanese children follow exercise instructions over radio in a public park.
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