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  • Physical Culture

    Brown hardcover book containing descriptions and illustrations of suggested exercises for students
    January 01 1891

    Physical Culture: First Book of Exercises in Drill, Calisthenics, and Gymnastics

    E.B. Houghton, published by Warwick & Sons

    Printed and bound paper

    2012.X.681

    © Toronto District School Board Museum and Archives

    In 1891 E.B. Houghton published Physical Culture, which offered lesson plans for teachers in drill, calisthenics and gymnastics. The book had separate sections for the teaching of boys and girls with illustrations of proper technique.