More Info →Demonstration of Ju-Jitsu

Description

This postcard comes from a series depicting various holds from the art of ju-jitsu. This card is labelled, "'Ju-jitsu' Defence for Ladies". Florence Flossie Le Mar would become a star with the same kind of display in the film The Lady and the Hooligan. This film showed all around New Zealand around 1910 - including a show in Palmerston North at the Zealandia Hall.

Identification

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Relation

Public Photograph Collection Sp 63

Date

circa 1902 to circa 1908

Digitisation ID

2014N_Sp63_008538

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