Dives Collection

Kirk and Saraski music hall aquatic acrobats. Sisters known as ?the aquatic marvels?. Performed dives, acrobatics and endurance feats in a tank of heated water

Dives and Lazarus
DIVES AND LAZARUS

Somali Boys diving for money at Aden
Somali Boys diving for money/coins at Aden, Yemen. Described as " an amusing sight"... Date: 1875

Pretty young lady making a splash with a dive into the sea
I'm making a big splash down here'! A pretty young lady in a vivid red swimsuit and headscarf leaps into the sea, sending some of the other occupants of the waters flying into the air!

Polar bear takes a dive at London Zoo
Polar bears movement frozen as it dives into pool at London Zoo. Date: circa 1930s

Original Bailey Bridge over the River Dives, Robehomme
This is one of the few remaining, perhaps the only one, of the bridges built by the Engineers to replace original structures over the River Dives that were destroyed at dawn on D-Day

Aichi 99 D3A Val
An Aichi 99 D3A Val Dive Bomber Flying over Snow Covered Fields Date: 1940s

USA - Bathing girl leaps into the sea off a diving board and suggests that everyone join her! Date: circa 1950s

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

Major J. C. A. Roseveare Bridge Memorial, River Dives
Major Roseveare commanded 3rd Para Sqn RE which was charged with blowing up five bridges over the River Dives. In his jeep, in the early hours of D-Day

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

How a Submarine Dives & Rests on Sea Floor, WW1
Diagrams showing how a submarine or U-boat dives below the water and rests at the bottom of the sea. Date: 1917

Fat Lady Diving / 1820
A large lady diving naked into the sea from a bathing machine on the beach

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 cages
Divers 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

Bethells driving dress
Men working on a Wreck wearing John Bethells Patent Diving Dress Patent. Day & Haghe Lithographers to the Queen. S. Bendixen Lith. Date: 1838

Diving
Natation (Plongeons). Page from Larousse Encyclopedia with photographs demonstrating a variety of dives. Date: 1930

The Rich Man and the Poor Lazarus, 1625, by Hendrick ter Bru
Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588-1629). Dutch painter. The Rich Man and the Poor Lazarus, 1625. Centraal Museum. Utrecht. Netherlands

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

Gypsy / Gitan Caravans, Dives-Sur-Mer, H鲯uville-Saint-Clair
Gypsy/Gitan Caravans, Dives-Sur-Mer, H鲯 uville-Saint-Clair, near Cabourg, Basse-Normandie, France. l 駬 ise Notre-Dame. Date: 1904

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

Two Royal Navy Divers return to deck. Date: 1903

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

Dalay Dives Off Bridge
Twenty-year-old workman Auguste Dalay dives from the Rouen transporter bridge - brave or foolhardy? Date: 1901

France, Medieval Market Hall at Dives-sur-Mer
Normandy, France, The Medieval Market Hall at Dives-sur-Mer

Dives and the Pauper
DIVES AND THE PAUPER LAZARUS illustration in Wynkyn de Wordes 1496 publication Diues et Pauper

Myth / Japan / Iganosuke
Iganosuke dives for the pipe and finds the idol

Gustave Zede Submarine
The Gustave Zede is one of the worlds first successful submarines, performing 2500+ dives without mishap : she is the first submarine to be equipped with a periscope

Exploring Ww1 Wrecks
Divers explore the wrecks of vessels torpedoed during World War One : the amazing suit on the left is specially designed for very deep dives

Comic Postcard / Ma Diving
Dear Ma is diving! - An overweight woman dives into the sea in her striped bathing costume

Red Bathing Costume 1930
Girl in a red swimsuit & bathing cap dives in the water

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