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A 1917 office exercise illustration resurfaces online
Original: Sideward Trunk Bend (1917) by Mr Phelan, from Physical Training for Business Men. Source: Library of Congress / Internet
A century-old illustration called 'Sideward Trunk Bend' (1917) by Mr Phelan, taken from the book 'Physical Training for Business Men', is drawing attention after being shared from the Library of Congress and Internet Archive collections. The multi-exposure image shows a businessman performing a side bend, offering a glimpse of early workplace fitness culture. Viewers are reacting to how exercise advice for office workers has changed — and how much has stayed the same.
Why now: People enjoy vintage fitness and workplace-health imagery, and newly digitised public-domain archives keep surfacing these curiosities.
Mr PhelanLibrary of CongressInternet ArchivePhysical Training for Business Men
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