Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.159.018 |
Object Name |
Postcard, Photographic |
Donor |
Sundberg, Gerda |
Description |
Black and white photo of a group of thirteen women gymnasts, twenty-eight male gymnasts and one instructor. They are the women's and men's gymnastic teams at Grand View College; the instructor (Viggo Tarnow) is on the viewer left end. The women wear dark bloomer pants, stockings and shoes with a light-colored long-sleeve top and dark scarf - except for the woman third from the viewer left in the front, who does not have a scarf - and the woman on the far viewer right, who is wearing a dark dress. The men wear light-colored sleeveless or short-sleeve shirts and light-colored pants. They are posed in front of a brick building. In the back, written among the black paper remnants, is "Gym Class at GVC". |
Print Size |
5.375 x 3.375 |
Creation Date |
ca. 1921 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Iowa/Polk County/Des Moines |
Associated People |
Tarnow, Viggo |
Search Terms |
United States Iowa Polk County Des Moines Grand View College Grand View University gymnastics female gymnasts male gymnasts gymnastics team Tarnow, Viggo |
Date Received by Museum |
06/15/1994 |
Provenance |
The photo shows the men and women's gymnastics class at Grand View College (now University) in approximately 1921, when Viggo Tarnow was the instructor. He is on the viewer left end of the photograph. Tarnow was a Danish immigrant and a talented gymnast. He taught physical education at Grand View College in 1921 before becoming the gym teacher at the high school in Hutchinson, Minnesota around 1927. He instituted a physical education program similar to the one in Denmark, and all students from first grade up were enrolled in gymnastics. Tarnow also had a special troupe of students that travelled and performed for other areas. He later moved to Solvang, California, where he taught summer classes and conducted a fitness program for businessmen. There are numerous articles about Tarnow and his special troupe in the accession file, as well as personal remembrances from Else Nielsen Anderson. |
Images |
188\1994159018.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.159 |