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Second Class Gymnasium on the 'Aquitania' (1914)
Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the Second Class Gymnasium, adjoining the Second Class Entrance on the Upper Deck (D Deck), a view looking across to the starboard side. The equipment includes punching balls, cycling machines and pulley weights. It was supplied by Spencer, Heath & George Ltd, London.
Transatlantic liners were expected to be equipped with all the luxuries of a hotel or a club, and swimming pools and gymnasiums soon became regular and indispensable fixtures.
Transatlantic liners were expected to be equipped with all the luxuries of a hotel or a club, and swimming pools and gymnasiums soon became regular and indispensable fixtures.
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Object Details
| ID: | G10860 |
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| Collection: | Historic Photographs |
| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Bedford Lemere & Co |
| Vessels: | Aquitania (1914) |
| Date made: | 1914 |
| People: | John Brown & Company |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 254 mm x 305 mm |