The Chicago Park District Recreation Division published this Weightlifting Instruction Manual originally in 1939 and followed it up with a second printing in 1940, and then with this third printing in 1950. Norbert B. Grueber, the Editor for Body Builder Magazine, published this manual under the supervision of the Division of Recreation of the Chicago Park District. The manual includes a brief history of weight lifting and weightlifting in America, as well as progressive weight lifting, the rules, lessons, and women in weightlifting.

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