An 1895 photo album offers a gentleman’s guide to self-defense moves

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Image: Metropolitan Museum of Art

These images come from an untitled turn-of-the-century album which catalogued numerous maneuvers a person can use if suddenly engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Following the revolutionary advancements in motion photography made by Étienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard Muybridge in the 1880s,...

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