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Lot 380

[PHYSICAL CULTURE]. Series of ten photographs of women?s st...

Estimate: $200 - $300

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[PHYSICAL CULTURE]. Series of ten photographs of women?s stretching exercises. 1918/20. Gelatin silver print photographs showing stretches and exercises developed by Nannette Magruder Pratt, intended to strengthen women?s bodies in readiness ?to do men?s work.? 10 x 8?. With mimeographed cover sheet describing Pratt?s system and snipes with instructions on several exercises. Underwood & Underwood stamps; 1920 date-stamps.