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- Strong Men & Women
acts in the Street, Fairground and Vaudeville -
Kings & Queens of Strenght on stage |
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Famous
athletes
and bodybuilders
often
performed
on the
streets,
fairground
or vaudeville
stages.
On the
right,
we see
a typical
stage
in Paris
/ Neuilly.
The photograph was taken during
the
Parade
and shows the
Roulin Fréres.
On the
left hand
side of
the image
we also
see
Apolina,
a famous
woman
athlete
&
performer.
In the
middle
of the
stage,
a board
announcing
"La
Belle
Apolina"
can be
seen in
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Suchlike performances were
attented by a variety of people,
low class & middle class.
The shows were evidently an
attraction for
children who
admired these strong women and
men. Even the two police men
seems to be interested in
watching the performance.
The stage is decorated with
huge posters
depicting Apolina. This stage is
a typical, temporary,
wooden fairground building. |
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Paris, Neuilly, "Parade" / Roulin
Fréres / Apolina |
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magazines
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A detail taken from the first
Yves le
Boulanger
&
Sèguinel
image, further on this page, shows several
Culture Physique magazines.
These magazines were widespread and sold,
both, to the public and the strong men &
women themselves. Strong men, Sandow,
Apollon, Brancaccio, Novosielski, Lurich,
Hackenschmidt, etc. were often seen in
these publications
The stereo images used in these physical
culture pages where advertised for sale via
these richly illustrated
physical health
magazines. |
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Left
"La
Belle Apolina"
Very few images depicting Apolina are
known today.
Physical Culture and strong acts, certainly was not
only the privilige of men! Move
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Kings & Queens of Strenght |
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Right
Children
watching the stage and the
photographer?
For the little boy, there seems more
scenes of intererest while the strong
men & women are preparing their stage |
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Temporary
advertising board
on the wooden fairground building of Apollon
(1862-1928)
Apollon was a famous stage performer.
The first 9 images depict this strong man in
various poses, on-stage and back-stage.
Apollon was known as "The King of Strenght"
seen on his board, announcing:
ICI APOLLON, LE ROI DE LA FORCE |
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Apollon
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Hand coloured Magic Lantern Slide
Fairground Strongmen & boy.
©
Collection Florent Van Hoof
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Apollon's fairground building, 1924
The stage is decorated
with photographs of famous strong men
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Apollon's
fairground building, 1924
See detail of
board |
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Two years
after this photograph, Apollon appeared as Triton in the
film "MARE
NOSTRUM"
also known as "Our Sea" directed by Rex Ingram.
This silent War movie tells the story of a female German
spy who sacrifices her live for her country.
Apollon on-stage,
1924 |
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Apollon &
Henriette Delville, 1924 |
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Apollon &
Henriette Delville, 1924 |
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Apollon,
1924 (backstage) |
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Apollon,
1924 (back-stage) |
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Apollon, 1924
(back-stage) |
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Paris, Neuilly "PARADE"
Roulin
Fréres / Apolina
Click for
detail |
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Yves le
Boulanger &
Sèguinel |
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Yves le
Boulanger &
Sèguinel |
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Bonnes
jetant 136 kilos
au Sporting Club de Lille |
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Apollon performing on the street |
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Apollon performing on the street |
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Apollon performing on the street |
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Touroune
Verrerie en 1908 |
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Deroubaix
arrachant 76 Kilos |
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