German bodybuilder and strongman (1867–1925)

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Eugen Sandow, a strongman. Process print, 190-.

Life is movement : the physical reconstruction and regeneration of the people (a diseaseless world) / by Eugen Sandow.

The illustrated history of physical culture. Vol. 1, The muscular ideal / Alan Radley ; edited by William Joyce.

Sandow's Grip Dumb Bell Company : Sandow Hall, Burleigh Street, Strand, London, W.C.

The free library for the incurably curious / Wellcome Library.

The perfect man : the muscular life and times of Eugen Sandow, Victorian strongman / by David Waller.

Sandow's magazine of physical culture.

Body-building, or, Man in the making : how to become healthy & strong : containing sets of exercises and special photos of Mr. Sandow and family / written by Eugen Sandow.

Strength, and how to obtain it / by Eugen Sandow ; with anatomical chart, illustrating the exercises for physical development ; illustrated with several full page portraits of the author.

Strength, and how to obtain it / by Eugen Sandow.

National physical education / by Eugen Sandow.

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Eugen Sandow

Images from the collections

Images by Eugen Sandow

Images featuring Eugen Sandow

Works from the collections

Strength, and how to obtain it / by Eugen Sandow.

Sandow's magazine of physical culture.

National physical education / by Eugen Sandow.

Body-building, or, Man in the making : how to become healthy & strong : containing sets of exercises and special photos of Mr. Sandow and family / written by Eugen Sandow.

Life is movement : the physical reconstruction and regeneration of the people (a diseaseless world) / by Eugen Sandow.

Eugen Sandow

Images from the collections

Images by Eugen Sandow

Images featuring Eugen Sandow

Works from the collections

Strength, and how to obtain it / by Eugen Sandow.

Sandow's magazine of physical culture.

National physical education / by Eugen Sandow.

Body-building, or, Man in the making : how to become healthy & strong : containing sets of exercises and special photos of Mr. Sandow and family / written by Eugen Sandow.

Life is movement : the physical reconstruction and regeneration of the people (a diseaseless world) / by Eugen Sandow.

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