weightlifting

1970s

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Commercial for Coronet Towels, which are paper towels used for cleaning…

1940s

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Footage of a YMCA in Harlem, New York, during the 1940s. 

1950s

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A New Look at Handbags; Women get out of a convertible at New York's…

1950s

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Sports; In New York, trials for the US weightlifting olympic team, show…

1950s

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Los Angeles, Calif.; July 1951; At Goodwill Industries, Francis the…