Long before Jane Fonda’s workout videos, Goop or FitTok, there was Eugen Sandow. In an era of dumbbells and medicine balls, the 19th-century strongman built not only muscle but a fitness empire ...

The collection documents Eugen Sandow and other bodybuilders through correspondence and photographs. The collection contains original and copy photographs of Eugen Sandow and other bodybuilders and ...

Reprint. Sandow on physical training : a study in the perfect type of the human form-- the marvel of anatomists, sculptors, and artists in the nude ... / compiled and edited, under Mr. Sandow's ...

Legendary showman Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., impresario behind what became known as "Ziegfeld Follies," was born on March 21, 1867 (possibly 1869), in Chicago. Ziegfeld’s first entertainment triumph ...