Bathing Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

Crag Path and Beach, Aldeburgh, Suffolk - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Advert for Foot's Bath Cabinet 1924
Hot-air vapour to open up the pours, cleansing the skin, claiming to preventing colds, influenza, rheumatism, liver and kidney complaints and skin affections. Date: 1924

Bathing. Seaside Holidays by Cicely Mary Barker

WOMEN BATHING / 1906
Two female bathers are watched by a group of men. Date: 1906

Calvi Beach, Corsica
Sumptuous and colourful beach scene advertising the Corsican resort of Calvi, showing a 1920s lady in her bathing suit against beach and town

Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland
Portobello - a coastal suburb of Edinburgh. Formerly a beach resort, it is located three miles to the east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth Date: 1937

French Bathroom 1906
A chambermaid helps her mistress take a shower in this elaborate bathroom containing bath, shower, bidet and loo, as well as the geyser to supply the hot water

A view of Eden Roc on the French Riviera
A view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop

Poster advertising the Transvaal Castle cruise ship, sailing from England to South Africa with frequent connections from New York via the Cunard Line

Roman Baths, London
Ladies bathing in the Roman baths in the Strand, London, the remains of which exist today. circa 400

Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876, by Anton Mauve (1838-188
Anton Mauve (1838-1888). Dutch painter. Morning Ride along the Beach, 1876. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Bathing machine owner and swimming master, Essex
Pictured in front of his bathing machines on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, is Charlie Bates with some of his family and the horse which hauled the machines down to the waters edge and back

The Bystander Cover 1929
Striking cover of The Bystander featuring a leggy, athletic woman clad in bathing costume and cap dancing around in the surf with a beach ball

Bognor Regis / Huts 1905
Bognor Regis, Sussex: the West Beach

Bathing Beauty 1924
The last pose of summer: a slim woman in her swimsuit on a diving board, while others watch from a raft

Aberdeen / Beach 1920S?
Aberdeen: beach and bathing station

Steamer Point, Aden, Yemen - Bathing Pool at the Lido - Sappers Bay. Date: circa 1940s

Sea Bathing Pool (Lido) at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1943

British troops bathing in the sea, Etaples, France, WW1
British troops having fun bathing in the sea at Etaples, northern France, during the First World War. Date: June 1917

Ending in Smoke by Heath Robinson
An ingenious smoke screen spreader for preventing embarrassing situations when the bathroom lock is out of order

Cleethorpes Sea Front
The crowded sea front at Cleethorpes. People sunbathe in deckchairs and paddle in the sea

Art Deco Bathroom 1930
An elegant art deco bathroom

Bathing Belle on Pier
A flirtatious young woman in a two-piece bathing costume of side lacing shorts & striped tunic adjusts her black stockings. N.B espadrilles with ribbon lacing

Roman Bath, London
Roman bath discovered in 1800 in Strand Lane, London

Arcadia and Ladies Bathing Place, Portrush - Elevated view with Arcadia Caf頯 n the right, a lot of people and the photographer in the foreground

Advertisement for Vinolia Soap - Mother! Mother!! Fidos eaten my soap!!! early 20th century

New Pavilion Saltair and bathers, Salt Lake City, USA
The New Pavilion Saltair (built in 1926) and bathers on Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Beach scene, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Scene of holidaymakers on the Albion Beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. A long line of bathing machines on wheels can be seen in the background, waiting to be hauled by a horse to the waters edge

Girl in a very revealing swimsuit
Girl in a really very revealing swimsuit for the 1920s! Must have been a cold day. Date: circa 1920s

Princess Elizabeth at the Bath Club
Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) pictured in a swimming costume at the Bath Club. Date: c.1938

The Modern Girl by Wilton Williams
A series of sketches by Wilton Williams, subtitled Full dress and bathing dress (other artists show undress, and underwear in this series of three) showing the modern girl of 1925

The Bystander masthead by Laurie Taylor, 1930
An athletic woman in a swimsuit and bathing cap, sprints along a beach accompanied by two elegant greyhounds, the canine icon of the art deco period

Sun Bathers
Two sunbathers set in Cap d Antibes, South of France

Walton on Naze / Essex
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex: bathing huts at South Cliff

Larkswood Lido
Two glamorous girls in bathing costumes and high heels surveying the scene at Larkswood open air swimming pool, Chingford, Essex

Indian Summer
A group of bathing ladies enjoy the good weather

Eve Before The Fall. By A. E. Bestall
A scene beside a waterfall of four girls in their bathing costumes. The girls are watching the waterfall, prehaps resting after swimming

Bathing / In Bathroom / 1926
A woman drying herself in front of the bathroom mirror

Bathing Pool & South Bay, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1930s

Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - Hotels and the Beach Date: circa 1910s

Bateman, The Man Who Bathed
The Man Who Bathed from the Steps of the Royal Yacht Squadron

The Plane - and the Beautiful by Albert Bailey
A group of young women, attired in elegant swimwear, wave to an aeroplane flying up ahead. Date: 1927

Saved by a female Bather
A gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers

Italy - Sorrento - The Hotel Vittoria Date: circa 1910

Maer Beach with Bathing Huts, Bude, Cornwall

The Faithful Heart by George Studdy
A little dog with mournful eyes, obviously alarmed at his owners sea bathing antics, paddles as far as he can into the water holding her dress

Mossel Bay poster
Travel poster for Mossel Bay in South Africa, advertising safe bathing, excellent golf, unsurpassed fishing

Cromer Beach 1930S
Rough seas on the coast of Norfolk at Cromer, England, with its bathing huts on the beach and pier in the background

Southport Bathing Lake
The bathing lake at Southport, Lancashire

Bathing Belle Parade
Three disgruntled beauty queens look particularly annoyed at a sassy woman in a red bikini holds a placard boasting that she can cook too!

The Crossword Craze / 1920
A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!

Woman Washing / Basin 1927
An attractive woman wearing a patterned dressing gown washes in a basin

Canoeist about to Canoe
Girl in her one-piece swimming costume & bathing cap with checker board trim going off for a paddle

Bathing Machines / 1883
A vast assortment of bathing machines

Three German Sunlovers
One-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the ladys ones have V -necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles

Bathing a Dog
A lucky dog getting a shower in a roll-top bath!

Girls on Beach / Klods-Han
Two girls at the seaside, one lying at the waters edge talking to her friend

Male Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - Diving off a high board to start their routine... Date: 1961

Comic Card / Fat Lady
I don t care twopence what happens. Thats how I feel at Clacton-on-Sea. says a fat woman wearing a red bathing suit paddling in the sea

Mixed Russian Sauna / C19
A mixed Russian sauna - men women and children sit around, cool off with cold water and beat themselves - and each other - with branches. Date: early 19th century

Murdoch Bath House, Galveston, Texas, USA
The Murdoch Bath House, by the Sea Wall Boulevard, Galveston, Texas, USA. 1911

The Beach at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England Date: circa 1909

Public schoolboys at Tidworth Pennings camp
Boys enjoying the camp bath at Tidworth Pennings camp on Salisbury Plain

Swimwear 1910
Auntie Maudie and Auntie Dolly in their rather O.T.T. stripy bathing costumes at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England! Date: 1910

Spray Bathing - Victoria Falls
Natures Shower Bath! Spray Bathing under the rainbows at the Victoria Falls, South Africa

Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII

Veet advertisement, 1926
Advertisement for Veet hair removal cream from 1926 - don t let disfiguring growths of superfluous hair destroy your charm and daintiness any longer

Child and dog lifeguard
Young child wearing red swimming costume sitting on the beach with her black scottish terrier, both wearing sun glasses. Date: 1929

Traditional Japanese bathing in upright wooden tub, heated by a small side stove Date: 1930

Coogee Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Date: circa 1910s

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania
The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in

Holidaymakers in the sea at Margate, Kent Date: circa 1910s

Poster, Don t be afraid of Soap and Water. Showing a little boy welcoming a humanised jug and a bar of soap. Issued by the Health and Cleanliness Council. 20th century

Bognor Regis - Bathing Huts / Wagons
A wonderful photograph by William Pankhurst Marsh of the horse-drawn bathing Wagons at Bognor. The Royal Pier Hotel can be seen

One Mans Meat- by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Morocco - Moulay Yacoub, close to Fez
A Sulphur water Spring. Moulay Yacoub, close to Fez, Morocco

The Cleaner Bathing Movement by W. Heath Robinson
Public spirited endeavours of owners of seaside appartments and boarding house keepers to remove all impurities and foreign bodies from the water for the convenience of summer bathers

Geisha girls at the seaside, Japan
Two Geisha girls in elegant Western-style striped bathing costumes recline on a studio beach set

Nice Beach Postcard / 1920
Ingenious machines enable bathers to go a few metres out to where the Baie des Anges is deep enough for plunging or diving

Ladies and Bath Machine
Ladies on a beach beside their bathing machine

Aristocratic French lady bathing and dressing
An aristocratic French lady is helped by her maids to bathe and dress

Comic postcard, Enormous man with woman in the sea Date: 20th century

Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Campbell Parade and Esplanade, Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with many cars parked. Date: circa 1930

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