Bather Collection (page 2)

Two lady bathers in Marshall & Snelgrove swimsuits, one holding an parasol and pointing out to sea. The lady seated on the beach is wearing a wool-back satin bathing suit; the lady on the right has a

Women police officers singing in choir, Met Police, London
Women police officers singing in the first womens choir, Met Police, London. The conductor is Sybil Hill. Date: circa 1948

Woman police officer in Bather uniform, London
Woman police officer posing in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968 -- double-breasted overcoat (winter wear), white shirt and tie, peaked cap with badge, and duty armband

Woman police officer in portrait photo
Woman police officer (Winnie Gould) in a portrait photo, in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968 -- four-buttoned jacket with matching material belt, white shirt and tie

Off the Coast of Scotland by William Heath Robinson
The German Periscoper: Ach, Himmel! Dot most be der peautiful Ben Nevis of vich ve ave eard so mooch. A German submarine mistakes the prominent nose of a bather for the tip of Ben Nevis while sailing

Monte Mar (Montemar), Valparaiso, Chile, South America
Monte Mar (Montemar), a bathing cove near Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1908

Danger notice on beach, Penhale Sands, Cornwall
Danger notice on the beach at Penhale Sands, Cornwall -- due to wind direction, strictly no inflatables allowed in the sea today. Date: circa 1970s

Bathing at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Bathing beach and terrace building at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Mr Noel Coward at Cap d Antibes
Photograph of Sir No묠 Coward (16 December 1899 26 March 1973) sitting on a rock in Antibes on the fashionable French Riviera in 1928

Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1930

My Lucky Star - Girl in Red Bathing Costume and Striped Cap. Date: circa 1920s

Fashionable lady wearing a demure bathing cap
A young fashionable lady wearing a " delightfully demure" rose-pink rubber bathing cap with white streamers and turn-back front from Marshall & Snelgrove, Oxford Street, London. Date: 1923

Swimming bath, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Open air swimming bath, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa, with the Fern Villa Hotel and the Beach Hotel in the distance on the right. Date: circa 1915

The Plage by A. Vallee
Scene on the beach at an unidentified French resort, with one stylish bather taking to the sea, while other fashionable types mingle on the rocks and beach. Date: 1925

Moonlight Bathers by Pierrot. 1925

France - Jolly girl in a bathing costume on a deckchair
France - Jolly girl in a bathing costume reclining in a deckchair - studio photograph with a white cliff backdrop. Note the nautical long lace-up slippers and floral umbrella / parasol

Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). Coast at Dieppe, 1885. Ny Carlsber
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903). French artish. Coast at Dieppe, 1885. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Bath at the beach. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration. 1890. Colored

Cartoon, A Sunday Morning Performance -- various actors including Henry Irving and Squire Bancroft bathing in the sea. 1881

Women police officers in choir, Met Police, London
Group photo, women police officers in a womens choir, Met Police, London, with men in evening dress. Date: circa early 1960s

Woman police officer at Pembridge Hall Section House
Woman police officer doing her hair in a mirror, sitting in her bedroom at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Three women police officers in a garden
Three women police officers (Iris Walker, Connie Hobbs(?) and Joan Strangleman) posing for their photo in a garden. They are in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968

Woman police officer on duty in a London street
Woman police officer (Hilda Bannon, or Cambridge) on duty in a London street. Date: circa 1950s

Bathing Beauty C1910
An elegant bather in red swimsuit and cap, and a diaphanous pink veil, steps gingerly into the sea. Date: circa 1910

Danish Swimmer 1903
A Danish swimmer Date: 1903

Fun in the Sea at Blankenberge, Belgium - a Belgian coastal town with a long beach and promenade, plus a busy marina. Some very fine bathing hats on show! Date: circa 1910s

Mother and daughter in swimsuits and bathing caps sitting in the surf. Date: circa 1920s

British seaside bathers - fine selection of bathing costumes
British seaside bathers in a fine selection of bathing costumes and swim caps. Date: circa late 1920s

American Model modelling an elegant Jantzen swimsuit. Date: 1940s

Bathing Beauty - The only Pebble (on the beach) Date: 1918

American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather (2)
High stylised (and stylish) American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather rather seductively taking off (or putting on) her bathing top against a black background. Date: circa late 1920s

American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather (1) Date: circa late 1920s

A jolly young Bather sitting cross-legged with her parasol
A jolly young Bather sitting cross-legged with her Japanese-style parasol - " I hope it keeps fine for you!" Date: circa late 1920s

Holidaymakers on the beach, Plymouth Hoe, Devon
Holidaymakers on the beach and in the sea at Plymouth Hoe, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

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

Bather by tree Date: 1918

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

Cartoon, At Biarritz, WW1
Cartoon, At Biarritz. A man who is optimistic about the war chats in the sea with a fellow-bather. Date: 1915

Suffragette, Mixed Bathing at Seaside. Never mind the sharks! Sign on the beach reads, Beware of the Suffragettes, Bathing Machines provided for Ladies and Suffragettes

Japanese dockside scene - with young bathers
Japanese dockside scene - with moored boats and three young male bathers performing their ablutions. Date: circa 1910s

German Woman takes a mud bath
Greetings from the Mud Bath! German Woman takes a mud bath to cure hersef of all aches and pains. Useful for conveniently temporarily preserving ones modesty

French Ladies Striped Swimming Costume, worn with bathing robe and some remarkable laced greek sandals, matching the design on the costume

Lady Bather at Ostende, Belgium sat on the wheel of a bathing machine. Her costume is possibly rather daring for this era. Date: circa 1910

Italian girls in fancy Swimwear
Three Italian girls posing in fancy Swimwear - seen as scandalous (far too revealing!) in some quarters. Date: circa 1905

US Womens Rights - Who has the right to this young chap?! Date: 1910

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

Two little children building a sandcastle at the seaside
The Childrens Paradise Two little children building a sandcastle at the seaside. Date: circa 1890s

Billiards Illustrated - Spot Barred
A relaxing Vicar, just about to don his tripey bathing suit and take a dip at a likelt spot, is thwarted by a zealous landowner

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