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A 1917 Office Workout Illustration Finds New Viewers
Original: Sideward Trunk Bend (1917) by Mr Phelan, from Physical Training for Business Men. Source: Library of Congress / Internet
A multi-exposure photograph titled Sideward Trunk Bend, taken in 1917 by Mr Phelan for the book Physical Training for Business Men, is circulating online. The image, held by the Library of Congress and the Internet Archive, shows an early workplace exercise pose, and viewers are sharing it as a curious glimpse of fitness culture aimed at businessmen over a century ago.
Why now: People are amused and intrigued by how workplace fitness advice looked more than a century ago.
Mr PhelanLibrary of CongressInternet ArchivePhysical Training for Business Men
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