This is a photograph of a gym lesson at Manchester High School in 1905.
What to look at in the photograph
The girls on the left are standing stiffly in a line. The girl on the gym horse is finding it difficult to hold her position. The long exposure required for a photograph at that time meant that people had to stay still for quite a long time or the picture would have been blurred.
Tasks
Describe what the girls shown in the photograph are wearing.
Describe the problems which the girls would have had because of the clothes they had to wear.
Why did girls in the Victorian period wear sports clothes like those shown in the photograph?