H17399 Accession Number: H17399

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HOLSWORTHY, NEW SOUTH WALES. C. 1918. A GERMAN WHO WAS INTERNED AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN AT THE GERMAN INTERNMENT CAMP. THE BODY DEVELOPMENT SHOWN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH RESULTED FROM EXERCISE DURING HIS FOUR YEARS AT THE CAMP. AT THIS STAGE HE COULD PLACE DUMBELLS UP TO 375 POUNDS WEIGHT ABOVE HIS HEAD AT ARMS LENGTH.

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H17399
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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