Dive Collection (page 3)

Swimmer diving into the sea off the coast of Malta as part of an inflatable house project. The house was anchored to the seabed, some 50 feet deep, in Paradise Bay

Insects riding on a frog on a Christmas card
Two insects (a bee and a dragonfly) riding on the back of a frog on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

George Ernest Studdy, baby penguins on ice
George Ernest Studdy, illustration for an animal book. Baby penguins have such short legs, they find it difficult to walk on the ice. Date: 1941

Four frogs diving on a Christmas card
Four frogs diving into a river on a Christmas card, leaving their top hats behind. Date: circa 1890s

DIVE IN
A woman in a swimming costume dives into a lido! Date: 1930s

Children Diving 1896
Two wild-looking children dive from a rowboat on a lake; the boy stands with arms raised, ready to plunge into the water. Date: 1896

Stukas Bomb England
JU-87 Stukas depicted dive- bombing a chemical factory in central England, though in practice they lack the range to make such an attack possible, let alone feasible Date: October 1940

Advertisement, Michigan Water Wonderland -- thousands of pleasures add up to one wonderful vacation. 1952

Junkers Ju 88A -while used mainly for horizontal bombing, the type could be employed as an anti-shipping dive bomber

Henschel Hs 123A -first flown in 1936, this single seat dive bomber proved very effective from its Spanish Civil War debut through to mid 1944

Blackburn Skua with arrester wire hook down landing aboard an aircraft carrier

Bombs and bombing, methods and types of projectiles
The aerial bomber and his waepons: The wimperis sight used in the R.A.F in conjunction with a press-button bomb-release to ensure hitting the target; and other methods of bomb attack. Date: 1939

Accident to submarine A7 by G. H. Davis
The accident to the British submarine A7, embedded in soft sand and mud at the bottom of Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, with her nose raised at an angle

French Air Force by G. H. Davis
The French Armee de l Air: latest types of fighter and bombing aircraft in large-scale production at the start of the Second World War

Fighter bombers v. dive bombers by G. H. Davis
Fighter bombers versus dive bombers during the Second World War: operational methods defined. The dive bomber is vulnerable to fighter attack -- the fighter bomber is a more versatile weapon

Malta, target of German bombers, by G. H. Davis
A British stronghold in the Mediterranean during the Second World War: Malta, the target of German dive-bombers. The British naval and air base commanding the Sicilian Straits

Dive-bombing attack on Mediterranean convoy by G. H. Davis
The Stukas return: tactics and technique used in a dive-bombing attack on a Mediterranean convoy during the Second World War

German Junkers JU88K by G. H. Davis
The German Junkers JU88K long-range dive bomber shown in detail, including construction, armament, gun and crew positions. Date: early 1940s

Number of planes needed to land 1000 men by G. H. Davis
The enormous number of planes needed to land even 1000 men in Britain by air. A schematic drawing showing the fleet of aircraft needed to carry even 1000 men for an aerial invasion

Air attack and defence at sea by G. H. Davis
Methods of air attack and defence at sea explained: showing how the Navy has countered the bomber. The main forms of air attack on warships: height-bombing and dive-bombing

The Holiday Monighan Dragline by Heath Robinson
A dragline machine usually used in excavation, converted into a pleasant holiday home with room for a swing, a washing line and a diving board

Houdini Preparing for Bridge Jump
The prolific Austrian-Hungarian escape artist Harry Houdini preparing for one of his many daring feats of escapology, this time a highly publicised Bridge Jump whilst in metal chains. Date: circa 1910

Westminster Swimmers
A line of girls about to dive into the swimming pool at Westminster Baths at the start of the bathing season. Date: early 1930s

Two Royal Navy Divers return to deck. Date: 1903

Blackburn Skua II - Fleet-fighter Dive Bomber. Date: circa 1940s

Male swimmer admiring a lady diver, who appears to have suffered a wardrobe malfunction (in the chest region) on her descent toward the waves

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

Diving boys at Nassau, Bahamas. Diners taking luncheon of the terrace at the Prince George Hotel are treated to the aquatic antics of the islands diving boys who retrieve coins tossed into

Douglas A-24 Dauntless dive bomber about to bomb Wake Island on 6 October 1943. Date: 1943

Junkers Ju87B Stuka in the dive

Lymnocryptes minimus, jack snipe
Plate 80 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 4 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

The closed canteen and the open dive. Illustration shows an old woman labeled Prohibition and holding an umbrella labeled Intolerance

The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common

Man diving at a seaside resort
A man does an elegant dive from a diving board at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: circa 1930s

Man diving into an outdoor pool at a seaside resort
A man dives from a diving board into an outdoor pool at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: circa 1930s

Diving Dude & Dog
A man and his sheepdog dive into a river together! Date: 1930s

Granpop Tests the Swimming Pool Water by Lawson Wood
Humorous illustration by Lawson Wood depicting his creation Granpop, an orang-utan, testing a teacup of water before his animal friends launch themselves from a makeshift springboard

19th Century Dive Bell
A diving bell in use, collecting materials from the sea-bed : note the lights, powered from the boat anchored overhead. Date: late 19th century

Stukas Bomb Norway
Norway : German Junkers JU-87 Stukas dive-bomb Norwegian railway installations in order to hamper resistance to the German invasion Date: May 1940

Diagram of R101 crash
A diagram showing how the British R101 airship dived twice and crashed on a hillside of Allonne, near Beauvais, France on 5th October 1930 on its maiden voyage

Swimming cartoon
Cartoon of an attractive young woman in a bikini about to dive into a swimming pool while an RAF trainee cadet during World War Two looks on admiringly

Met Police Thames Division
A diver of the Underwater Search Unit of the Metropolitan Police boarding a Thames Division launch after searching in the River Thames, London

Algiers, Algeria, Boy by the harbour
Young boy on the harbour wall at the port of Algiers, Algeria about to take a dive into the water!

Florida travel poster
Travel poster advertising the attractions of Florida including fishing, boating, swimming and attractive residential sites. A man fishes on the bank while two ladies dive from a platform

Home Guard training against bombers
Training for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50

The Humorist Summer No
A rotund couple dive off their respective boats in perfect symmetry scaring aware fish and quite unaware of the paddling crowds nearer to the beach

Handspring dive - 1906 Olympic Games
Clark of Great Britain performing a handspring dive at the 1906 Olympic Games in Athens. The event was staged as a celebration of the tenth anniversary of the resumption of the Games

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