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Lochness MonsterA dramatic picture of the supposed giant water creature that lives in Loch Ness, Scotland and its small offspring, followed by divers holding underwater cameras
Annette Kellerman diving in silhouetteAnnette Marie Sarah Kellerman (18861975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume, causing a minor scandal at the time
Advertisement for Hotel du Cap D AntibesAdvertisement for the Hotel du Cap D Antibes at Eden Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, showing sunbathers and swimmers enjoying the flat rocks that act as such a sun trap for sun worshippers
Sea Bathing Pool (Lido) at Southport, Lancashire, England. Date: 1943
Britains frogmen divers by G. H. DavisIntroducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches
Diver and OctopusDivers are periodically at odds with octopi, and diver Palmer, at Cape Town, is one of many - but a tug on his line brings help from his colleagues
Male Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - Diving off a high board to start their routine... Date: 1961
Japanese Pearl Divers Date: circa 1930s
Stages of the pearl fishery industry in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1902
Pearl fishing in the Persian GulfThe Pearl Fishery in the Persian Gulf. Sidi-Arab diver with pince-nez. The Mosquito Fleet at anchor. The divers at work below. Apparatus used by the divers. Date: 1881
Scuba DiverA scuba diver inside a large metal water tank. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Sponge diver loses his footingDiving for sponges off the Tunisian coast, diver loses a leg to a shark
Futuristic underwater exploration, with two men in diving gear observing an array of strange creatures
Siebe Gorman steel bladed diver's knife with bronze scabbard
Mother of pearl divers attacked by a shark, Tahiti. Date: 1885
Dickinson & Johnson music hall Crystal Tank artistesAlice Dickinson and Queenie Johnson music hall swimmers and tank performers. High divers and ornamental swimmers. ?Wonderful performances in a small tank.? Date: circa 1904
High diving, Victorian period
Diving Off a Bi-PlaneA Moth bi-plane being put to imaginative use at the De Havilland School of Flying at Hatfield. Date: 1932
Helen Wainwright (1906-1965), also known as Helen Stelling was a diver and swimmer who represented the United States at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics
Divers and Diving, The Reservoir Diving Suit Date: 1884
Divers and Diving - Ready to Start Date: 1884
Divers and Diving - 1. and 2. Primitive diving suits, 3. Wreck of the Royal George, from a contemporaneous print, 4. Awkward work, torpedo laying, 5. Electric lamp, 6. An unexpected plunge, 7
Diver at work in sea diving suit Date: 1880
Divers at work on the seabed Date: 1880
RAF sky divers jumping from 12, 000 feet. Date: circa 1960s
Parachute training in a hangar. Date: circa 1960s
Sky divers freefalling - they belong to the RAF Falcons freefall team, taking part in an activity in France. Date: 1965
RAF parachutists pouring beer while in freefall. Date: 1960s
Sky divers belonging to the RAF Falcons freefall team, taking part in an activity in France, with a large aircraft in the background. Date: 1965
Divers gathering pearl-oysters in Western Australia waters. The diver in the background is being staged - a process where he is held for up to half an hour at a certain depth from the surface so that
Breathing Apparatus for Diving 1913Photographs showing the front and back of a man wearing the latest breathing equipment to dive underwater, reaching a submarine of depths of about 200 feet, for about an hour
Young woman of the vallee d Aure, France, 19th century. She wears the Pyrenean capulet or hood over her head and shoulders, fichu, apron and petticoats
Fisherwoman of Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She wears a tall bonnet of fine organdy cotton for special occasions, bodice with openings at the waist to reveal the chemise, fichu, apron
Woman of Coburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th centuryMarried woman of Coburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. She wears an embroidered cap of pleated chiffon, and a full cape of rich cloth, decorated with gold braid
Woman in mourning dress, Majorca, Spain, 19th centuryWoman of Majorca, Spain, 19th century. She is in mourning, and wears a black cornette (veil, wimple and fichu) and long black dress
Woman of Valencia, Spain, 19th century. She wears her hair tied up, gothic lace sleeves, and falbala flounces on her skirt
Servant woman of Salamanca, Spain, 19th century. She wears a dress with tight bodice and full calf-length skirts, with short apron
Woman of Seville, Spain, 19th century. She wears a ribbon tied in a bow over her ringlets, a fringed petticoat and a distinctive shawl
Woman in costume of Seville, Spain, 19th century. Hair in ringlets, a short jacket with open collar, and high-waisted skirt
Dancer of Madrid, Spain, 19th century. In a dress for the fandango or bolero with short petticoat, tight corset, and hair tied up in ribbons
Woman of Madrid, Spain, 19th century. She wears the traditional black mantilla veil and basquina dress over a white petticoat and carries a fan
Peasant girl of the environs of Macon, Belgium, 19th century. She wears a small felt hat tied behind the ears, and carries a small jug and basket
Servant girl of Basel, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a tiny cap secured with a ribbon, and wears a polka dot fichu
Servant girl of Zurich, Switzerland, 19th centuryServant girl carrying a bouquet of seasonal flowers to announce the birth of a child to family and friends, Zurich, Switzerland, 19th century
Servant woman of Fribourg, Switzerland, 19th century. Her large straw hat is decorated with feathers and ribbons. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by
Young girl of North Holland, Netherlands, 19th century. In distinctive embroidered cap with gold plate called a willow leaf above a veil, floral cotton camisole, silk apron and skirt
Young woman of the Canton of Aargau, SwitzerlandYoung woman of the Canton of Aargau, near Baden, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet in blue, black and white, and a similarly bizarre costume
Young woman of Frick, Switzerland, 19th century. Her costume features deep green, blue, daffodil and black. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis
Girl of the Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland, 19th century. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and bows. She wears a ruff over a laced bodice, apron and short petticoats
Cook of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a lace bonnet, and carries a basket wof eggs and vegetables. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by
Young girl of Tegernsee, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears short petticoats and pleated stockings. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis
Young girl of the Pfafflar Valley, Tyrol, Austria, 19th century. While the hat is oriental, the rest of the outfit is gothic
Woman of Sterzing, Tyrol, Switzerland, 19th century. In a pyramid-shaped bonnet of fluffy cotton. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration by Louis Marie
Fruit seller of Hamburg, Germany, with basket of apples, 19th century. She wears a starched fichu on her bonnet and many petticoats worn over the other
Flower seller of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a large straw hat over a small bonnet, and her long pigtails show that she is single
Chambermaid of Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She carries a small corbeille or wicker basket and wears a check shawl and white apron
Cook from Hamburg, Germany, 19th century. She wears a muslin bonnet and carries a basket covered with a large shawl. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Georges Jacques Gatine after an illustration
Advert, Samson Barnett Diving ApparatusAdvertisement for Samson Barnett, Diving Apparatus Manufacturer to the Royal Navy. 1862
Submarine divers 1869Divers wearing diving armour with flexible arms and helmet with eye-plates of strong glass, with a fresh supply of oxygen been pumped in through a long hose to allow the operator to say under
DIVING FOR PEARLSDiving for pearls in the Persian Gulf. Date: 1870
One, Two, Three... JUMP! Four Dutch Bathers dive in... Date: circa 1910s
Engineering survey using divers - The Trans-Baikal RailwayThe Trans-Baikal Railway - a subsidiary of the Russian Railways headquartered in Chita and serving Zabaykalsky Krai and Amur Oblast
English ladies swimming team - Stockholm Olympics 1912The English ladies swimming team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, winners of the 4 x 100m race, wearing surprisingly revealing swimming costumes
Female diver returning to dry landA female diver returning to dry land, warming up with a hot drink from a vacuum flask top. 1970s
Kitagawa Utamaro print - Watching Divers for ShellfishReproduction of a woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro (1750-1806) entitled: Watching Divers for Shellfish. Date: circa late 18th century
16th Parachute Brigade training, RAF AbingdonSoldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training at RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Date: 1962
16th Parachute Brigade trainingTwo soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training. Date: 1962
Sky diver practising in a field. Date: circa 1963
Sky diver practising before a show. Date: 1965
Divers repairing the bottom of a ship at anchor wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838
PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Rabaul. Japanese reconnaissance aircraft Mitsubishi F-1 shotted down in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, during the Second World War
Human torpedo in action by G. H. DavisA human torpedo in action: a two-man crew working together to sink an enemy warship during the Second World War. Date: 1944
DiverWilliam Walker, diver, who worked under Winchester Cathedral between 1906 and 1912 Date: 1906-1912
Divers building a pier or jetty wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. 1838
Divers pearl fishing in shark cagesDivers in shark cages pearl fishing. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838
Divers boring and blasting rocks wearing John Bethells patent diving dresses. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838
Diving experiments in ParisTesting of various diving equipment in the Seine, Paris, 1855. The technologies included different diving apparatus such as those invented by Siebe, Heinke and Cabirol
Deep sea divers at work underwater. 1896
Learning to scuba dive in a swimming pool. Date: early 1970s
Diver on the seabed off the coast of Malta. Date: 1970s
Diver ascending from depth in the Mediterranean, viewed from above. Date: 1968
Diver on the seabed in the Mediterranean. 1977
Wreck diving in the Mediterranean. Date: 1974
Divers on the seabed off the coast of Malta, during exploration of a wrecked vessel. Date: 1974
