These illustrations were created by photographer A.B Phelan to accompany H. Irving Hancock’s Physical Training for Business Men (1917), a handbook of simple exercises designed to improve a man’s poise and appearance and give him a subtle advantage in the competitive marketplace.
Using “one of the best qualified in physical appearance among the younger men of the Army” as a model and a camera technique of his own invention, Phelan’s photos illustrate the recommended exercises with ghostly contrails of motion.
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Using “one of the best qualified in physical appearance among the younger men of the Army” as a model and a camera technique of his own invention, Phelan’s photos illustrate the recommended exercises with ghostly contrails of motion.
(via Mashable/Retronaut)
