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<p>Photograph of George Hackenschmidt posing performing his famous horse-shoe bending act, in front of a painted backdrop.</p>

Unlabelled photograph album

The James Gardiner Collection.

James Gardiner Collection: unlabelled photograph album.

Whitfort Series

The Discobolus of Castel Porziano. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Apollo. Process print, 193-.

A sculpture of a warrior. Photographic postcard after F. Heinemann, 191-.

Two men engaged in a sexual act within a domestic setting. Gouache, 19--.

Hermes. Photographic postcard after E. Herter, 193-.

Damoxenus. Photographic postcard after Antonio Canova, 193-.

A sculpture called "The Iron Age". Photographic postcard after A. Lanson, 193-.

An angel. Photographic postcard, 193-.

A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Process print after Jean Turcan, 192-.

Zeus. Photograpic postcard, 193-.

A naked man holds aloft a torch to illuminate a monster. Photographic postcard by S. Schneider after a drawing, ca. 1910.

Cupid (?). Photographic postcard, 191-.

Antinous. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 1968.

A sculpture of an archaic rider. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

The wrestler and boxer Agias. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard by N. Stournaras, 196-.

Cain replies to God "Am I my brother's keeper?". Process print after E. de Pury, 191-.

Two men wrestling. Photograpic postcard, 193-.

A warrior. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Zeus fighting the Giants. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Half-naked men carrying industrial supplies. Photograpic postcard after C. Meunier, 191-.

Odysseus and the Sirens. Colour process print after O. Greiner, 190-.

Photograph of a sculpture of the dying Achilles.

A boy, naked and sitting with his head bowed, resting on his knees. Process print after J. H. Flandrin, 193-.

Wall Painting of Theseus, Slayer of the Minotaur.

A dying gladiator. Photograpic postcard, 191-.

Mercury discovering the caduceus. Photographic postcard by Neurdein frères after A. Idrac, 191-.

A seated man embracing the legs of a standing woman. Photograpic postcard after Fritz Klimsch, 192-.

The charioteer of Pelops. Photographic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard, 190-.

Hermes. Photographic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Caracalla. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Hermes. Photograpic postcard by W. Hege, 193-.

Augustus Caesar. Photographic postcard, 190-.

The Ludovisi Mars. Photographic postcard, 190-.

The dancing faun. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Cupid with his bow. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Apoxyomenos. Process print, 191-.

The Discobolus. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Last Judgment. Process print after Luca Signorelli., 191-.

Antinous. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Caracalla . Process print, 191-.

The Barberini or drunken faun. Process print, 192-.

A boy flying in the arms of a siren. Photographic postcard after D. Puech, 191-.

The Belvedere torso. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Cupid. Photograph, 192-.

Creugas. Photographic postcard after A. Canova, 191-.

Oedipus and the Sphinx. Process print after J. A. D. Ingres, 192-.

Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.

Wrestlers. Photographic postcard after J.P. Molin, 191-.

Gilliat seized by the octopus. Process print after E.J. Carlier, 191-.

Moses. Photographic postcard after Michelangelo, 195-.

Damoxenus. Process print after A. Canova, 191-.

The Ludovisi Mars. Photographic postcard, 191-.

The Discophorus, standing. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after G.A. Bazzi, il Sodoma, 192-.

"The age of bronze". Process print after Auguste Rodin, 190-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after Pietro Vannucci, il Perugino, 190-.

Saint Sebastian. Process print after Guido Reni, 190-.

A workman wearing a protective apron and overshoes. Process print after Constantin Meunier, 190-.

A bronze tripod with three satyrs sculpted for the legs of the tripod. Photographic postcard, 195-.

The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.

A bronze statue of a man holding a robe over his naked body. Process print, 193-.

Three blacksmiths with hammers. Photographic postcard after F. Nylund, 195-.

A man holding his arm aloft while sexually aroused. Process print, 193-.

An athlete. Photographic postcard after J. Börjeson, 193-.

Achilles. Photographic postcard, 190-.

Hercules. Photographic postcard, 191-.

A blind man carrying a paralyzed man. Photographic postcard by ND after Jean Turcan, 192-.

Caracalla. Photographic postcard, 192-.

The Farnese Hercules. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Eduard von Winterstein. Process print after K. Freund, 192-.

"Temptation": a naked man and women relaxing on hay with goats. Photographic postcard after Jan Styka, 190-.

Photograph of three Maasai men in three-quarters profile.

Four African men competing in a walking race.

Photograph of a man and a group of children, Papua New Guinea.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling at the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy in profile, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy smiling towards the viewer, Egypt.

Photograph of an Arab man looking towards viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of an Arab boy looking towards the viewer, North Africa.

Photograph of a Bedouin man looking at the viewer, Egypt.

Photograph of a shepherd looking at the viewer, Palestine.

Photograph of an Arab boy wearing a striped garment, Tunis.

Photograph of three boys at  Hammam Maskhoutine, Algeria.

Photograph of a boy in costume smoking a long pipe.

Coronis (D. Blazer), a strongman, advertising Horlick's Malted Milk drink. Process print, 19--.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 19--.

"Specimen studies" from the photographic studio of James & Co., Liverpool. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Bobby Pandur. Process print, 19--.

A strongman flexes his biceps, seen from behind. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Ferdinand Gruhn and George Hackenschmidt performing a wrestling move. Process print, 19--.

Giovanni Raicevich, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Laurence Woodford in a start pose for running a race. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Two of the Raicevich brothers, wrestlers. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Two male wrestlers fighting on the floor. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Three male wrestlers posing with champion belts. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Leslie Gadsby, a stunt artist, in three photographs. Photographic postcard, 1955.

Miss Carrie Moore and the Sandow girls performing as "The Dairymaids". Photographic postcard, 1906.

Karl Reiber, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 192-.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, ca. 1904.

A wrestler flexing his biceps.

Max Walloschke, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 192-.

"Original 4 Herakles", acrobats. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Two acrobats performing on a plinth. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A wrestler poses with his arms crossed. Process print, 19--.

A sculpture of a marathon runner. Photographic postcard by Atelier Gebr. Micheli after M. Kruse, 1906.

Willi Olympier (of the Three Olympier Brothers) posed as a sculpture of a marathon runner by Maz Kruse. Photographic postcard, 1906.

Bartolomeo Pagano as "Maciste", a strongman. Photographic postcard by F. Riess, 1919-1924.

A wrestler poses ready for combat. Photographic postcard, 19--.

George O'Brien posing as the Discobolus. Photographic postcard, 192-.

George O'Brien posing holding a bow and arrows. Photographic postcard, 192-.

S.W. Greasley (right), champion swimmer, with his trainer (?). Photographic postcard, 19--.

Josef Soukup, a weight-lifter, wearing a studded leotard and medals. Process print, 191-.

A young man demonstrating a position in boxing. Photograph, 19--.

K. Maisuradze, a wrestler. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Cartoon illustration of a small boy training to become a bodybuilder.

Two nude Greco-Roman wrestlers. Colour process print, 1912.

A strongman prepares to drink a glass of the tonic Byrrh before performing his act. Colour process print, 19--.

A strongman has his hair combed by a lady; a parody of Samson and Delilah. Colour process print after E. Schlemo, 19--.

The three Mouliers, acrobats. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A fencer holding a foil in front of an elaborate window. Colour process print, 19--.

Tony Nelson-Machholz, a strongman and acrobat, rests his head on his fist. Process print, 1914.

Three acrobats, called "Les Poly-Toss". Process print, 192-.

A man stands on a beach wearing a white bathing costume. Photographic postcard, 193-.

Four acrobats performing outdoors in Luxembourg. Process print, 192-.

A strongman (Emile de Suyck?) invites a woman to volunteer to help him in his final feat. Process print, 1906 (?).

The Erikson Brothers acrobats, on the deck of S.S. Narkunda. Photograph.

A relief of an athlete holding a giant clock above his head. Colour process print, 1908.

"The Two Condons", acrobats. Photograph, 1951.

A wrestler (?) gazing upwards. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A wrestler inset centrally in a six-pointed star. Photographic postcard, 19--.

Michael Hitzler, a wrestler. Photographic postcard by Walery, 19--.

A wrestler flexing his biceps. Photographic postcard, 19--.

A young man wearing a bathing costume. Photograph, 19--.

A naked man sitting on fabric. Photographic postcard, 192-.

A naked young man lies with his back arched over fabric-covered furniture. Photographic postcard, 192-.

A naked young man leaning on fabric-covered furniture. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Young men bathing naked in the Tiber. Process print after Georges Paul Leroux, 1909.

A naked young sailor sexually aroused. Photographic postcard, 195-.

Two men engaging in anal intercourse. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Two men engaging in fellation. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Two men engaged in a sexual act, 189-. Photographic postcard, 195-.

A naked young man sitting on fabric-covered furniture. Photographic postcard, 192-.

Two men in drag, one fellating the other, 188-. Photographic postcard, 195-.

A young man wearing a red jumper and white briefs. Colour photograph, 195-.

A young man wearing shorts and holding a rope in a wood. Colour photograph, 195-.

Three male acrobats perform a human-pyramid. Photograph, 19--.

Three male acrobats perform a routine. Photograph, 19--.

Two male acrobats perform a symmetrical move. Photograph, 19--.

A naked man bending over to insert his penis in his mouth. Photograph attributed to V. Galdi, 189-.

Three males engaged in sexual acts.

George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 190-.

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George Hackenschmidt, a wrestler. Process print, 190-.

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