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August 5th, 2009 | books & manuals

bloomfield and george posted photos of a couple of old acrobatics books on flickr.

strength-cover

pyramids-cover

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#1 Just Another Opinion on 08.04.09 at 8:31 pm

I think I have “101 exercises for parallel bars,” or something like that, written in the late 1800s. It’s buried in a closet, I’ll look for it if anybody is interested in it.

#2 coach Rick on 08.04.09 at 10:13 pm

I’d love to link to it on this site. Dig up the title and author, if you can. Thanks.

#3 Just Another Opinion on 08.04.09 at 10:45 pm

Here’s all I could find without tearing apart my storage closet:

“Tumbling Pyramid Building and Stunts for girls and women” by B. and D. Cotteral 1926.

“Individual Gymnastics; A handbook of corrective and remedial gymnastics” by Lillian Curtis Drew, 5th edition revised by Hazel L. Kinzly 1945 (1st edition 1922)

And:

“Gymnastics Teaching” by William Skarstrom, M.D., professor of Physical Education at Wellesley College, 1921. 2nd edition. (1st edition 1912)

All of them very quaint and old-timey humorous.

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