Swim Collection (page 6)

Anas specularis, Bronze-winged duck
Watercolour, c.1928-1937? by Miss A. Ellen Prout (fl.1920s). Held in the Library and Archives

Municipal Swimming Pool, High Point, North Carolina, USA. Date: 1941

The Georgian Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
The Georgian Hotel, Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, Florida, USA, with its own private beach, swimming pool and over 100 rooms of southern charm

Hippo, elephant, mouse, pig and rabbit
A hippo goes for a swim, despite the No Bathing sign. A mouse throws him a line, thinking he might be drowning. An elephant, a pig and a rabbit stand watching. Date: circa 1933

Boy swimmer holding on to wooden beam
Boy swimmer in the water, holding on to a wooden beam. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Balkan Indecision
WW1 - An illustrated personification of Romanias and Bulgarias indecision and role in the war. The two countries are personified as two men in conversation to decide whether to take a swim in

Mercedes Gleitze attempting to swim English Channel
Mercedes Gleitze, the London typist, attempting to swim the English Channel; the swimmer in the water, with boats occupied by expert witnesses. Date: 1927

Students at Commercial Road Swimming Baths, Bedford Date: 1903

Cartoon, A Secret, WW1
Cartoon, A Secret, showing two men bathing in the sea. One man tells the other a secret concerning the war, but warns him not to repeat it, as people will think him a coward. Date: 1915

Advert for McMallum colour dyes 1937
Choose swimsuits bearing the sundip label, knitwear which carries the McMallum Dyed label, safe in the knowledge that they are not only the finest quailty and style

Rissos DOLPHIN - Being helped to swim by researcher (Grampus griseus)

Siberian Lemming - adult sniffs air prior to crossing a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Siberian Lemming - adult crosses a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Bottlenose Dolphin - Newborn Baby / Calf first swim with Mother (Tursiops truncatus). Part of a sequence of imagesDolphin gestation / pregnancy lasts approx

Happy group of wolf cubs, Mauritius
A happy group of wolf cubs on a sandy beach in Mauritius

Boy scouts swimming in the sea, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America. Date: 1951

Advert for Debenham & Freebody bathing wear 1937
Pure wool low cut leg swimwear for women, with rope tie around the waist. 1937

Jules Gautier, stunt swimmer, with boat crew
Jules Gautier, the Manacled Swiimmer, with boat crew on the river. Date: 1910

Scouts exercising at camp, Fiji, South Pacific
Scouts exercising at camp before a morning swim, Fiji, South Pacific

French cavalry fording a river in Northern France, WW1
Two photographs showing how French cavalry cross an unbridged river on a march. The men are conveyed across on pontoon boats and when one horse is led across, the rest follow on behind. Date: 1915

Kingston scouts swimming, Jamaica
Boys of No.1 Scout Troop, Kingston, Jamaica, enjoying a swim

Wolf cubs taking swimmers badge test, Bermuda
The Bishop of Bermudas Own Wolf Cub Pack taking their swimmers badge test, May 1927. Date: 1927

Boys of Brixton Scout Troop, South Africa, bathing
Boys of Brixton Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa, on bathing parade

Swan Swam over the Pond
Swan swam over the pond, swim swan swim...Traditional nursery rhyme. Date: circa 1912

Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, WW1
Cartoon, Matinee de Novembre, showing Kaiser Wilhelm shivering in the sea at Calais, with Dover guarded by battleships in the far distance during the First World War

Children learning to swim at the Tadpole Club, Cornwall

Duncan Goodhew, British Olympic swimmer
Duncan Goodhew (b. 1957), British Olympic swimmer, seen here giving a demonstration to young swimmers at the St Clare Swimming Pool, Penzance, Cornwall

Unwarranted intrusion
Forward young man in a striped swim suit eyeing up the young girls as they appear from their bathing machine. Date: circa 1908

General Birdwood swimming in the sea at the Dardanelles
Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (1865-1951), British Army General best know for his command of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)

British soldiers boating during rest break, WW1
British soldiers boating on a river during a rest break on the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers swimming during a break, WW1
British soldiers relaxing and swimming during a break in fighting, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Helene Madison, 1932 Olympic Games
Helene Madison (June 19, 1913 November 27, 1970), American swimmer. She won gold medals in the 100m and 400m freestyle at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, becoming, along with Romeo Neri of Italy

Advert for Leysea bathing caps 1934
The Leysea bathing cap. Comfortable and smart, it has " Nautilus" shell earpieces which give distinction to the cap, and ease to the ears. 1934

Advert for Martin-White swimsuits 1936
Swim and tan in the only watersuit with the built-in Kestos brassiere. Invisible and unsuspected to all but the wearer, the Kestos brassiere gives uplift, support and beauty to feminine curves

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1936
Youthful lines come naturally with swim suits by J. Roussel in airollasta the new weave in pure wool and elastic. Date: 1936

Two girls bathing in a stream with a rubber ring

Soldiers in swimwear
British soldiers stationed in India, in swimwear, some with towels, on a beach. Date: C.1914

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for women 1936
You must look slim and shapely in a swim suit by J. Roussel. In airollasta, a weave of pure elastic wool. 1936

Woman Diver 1929
A trim lady dives from a board into the sea, catching the eyes of two male bathers who look on in admiration. Date: 1929

French WW2 Propaganda postcard - Siegfried Line leaking
French WW2 Propaganda postcard showing the German Defensive Siegfried Line having been attacked and sprung a leak! The fish is wittily asking the bashed-up German soldiers

Young boy admonished for fishin on the Sabbath
Clergyman - " My Boy, do you know its wicked to fish on the Sabbath?" Youngster - " I isn t fishing; I m teachin this ere wurm ter swim." Date: 1895

Manx Cats go for a swim. This card bears the Manx text " Kys ta Shiu?", which translates as " How are you?". Date: 1907

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1935
The new swim suit by Roussel in airollasta Swim suits by Roussel gently control the figure and mould it to slim beauty without the least restriction to the most vigorous movement. 1935

Oh, Mother, may I go out to swim?. Illustration shows Uncle Sam dressed as a woman holding a switch of bound rushes in his left hand

A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives. A bare chance. Date 1879. Published by Currier & Ives

Learn to swim campaign Classes for all ages forming in all pools. Poster for New York Department of Parks announcing classes forming for swimming lessons

The embankment and Kursaal, (i. e. Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium
The embankment and Kursaal, (i.e. Cursaal), Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The embankment, west part, Ostend, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

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