Wellesley Thoracimeter – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Wellesley Thoracimeter comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Wellesley Thoracimeter
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The subject is a Wellesley thoracimeter, an instrument used to measure chest size and breathing capacity, which shows that this picture is about the measuring of bodies as much as the college itself. Physical educators at women's colleges in the late 1800s and early 1900s often recorded students' posture, lung capacity and chest expansion as part of early fitness programs. The Bain News Service, a New York photo agency active from about 1899 into the 1920s, made many such pictures for newspapers and magazines. The record gives no date or photographer, and its title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact occasion remains uncertain.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,254 × 5,823 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-24900 |
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