HISTORICAL ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR ERA ORIGINAL SD KEHOE INDIAN EXCERCISE GYMNASTICS C

Description: HISTORICAL ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR ERA ORIGINAL SD KEHOE INDIAN EXCERCISE GYMNASTICS CLUB MEASURES APPOX ~ 26" X 5" WEIGHS APPOX ~ 7 LBSEXCELLENT OVERALL AS FOUND CONDITION WITH A TYPICAL AGE SPLIT AT BASE AREASEE ALL PHOTOGRAPHSADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND IMAGES BELOW PLEASE BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS AS I WILL BE ADDING MANY MORE HISTORICAL ANTIQUES AND ARTIFACTS FROM MY 89 YEAR OLD FATHERS COLLECTIONS THANK YOU Sim D KehoePrevious to the introduction of Indian Clubs into the United States, Sim D Kehoe was extensively engaged in the manufacture and sale of Gymnastic apparatus. This well known entrepreneur of physical culture had done much toward the conversion of the people of the United States to the advantages of muscular development, to enjoy a resting-spell from the cares and fatigues of business made a visit to Europe in June, 1861, returning in September of the same year. Sim D. Kehoe Indian ClubsDuring his stay abroad he visited all the principal cities of England and Ireland, and thoroughly acquainted himself with everything related to sports and exercises among the English athletes.Sim D. Kehoe Indian Clubs made circa 1890On the occasion of seeing Prof. Harrison, of London a well known English Professor of Gymnastics using mammoth war clubs, he thought there must be something in it, and determined upon introducing it into the United States upon his return home. Prof. Harrison was then considered the strongest man in England, and the Queen was so pleased with his extraordinary skill in the use of these Clubs, that she presented him with an elegant vase.Sim D. Kehoe makers stamp and weightOn Sim D.Kehoe’s return to the United States, he collected his ideas, and with ingenuity and experience, devised a model club, far superior to those used by Harrison, both in an ornamental and from a useful point of view.

Price: 500 USD

Location: Alden, New York

End Time: 2025-01-09T14:12:17.000Z

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