Pool Collection (page 14)

Giant tortoises at Tring Park
In 1897 Walter Rothschild despatched explorer Charles Harris to the Galapagos islands to collect a large number of giant tortoises

Construction of Singing Tower, Lake Wales, Florida, USA
Construction of the Singing Tower (or Bok Tower), a belltower with a carillon of 60 bells, the centrepiece of the Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary in Lake Wales (or Wailes), Florida, USA

Walesbilt Hotel, Lake Wales, Florida, USA
Walesbilt Hotel, Lake Wales (or Wailes), Florida, USA, with the Singing Tower (or Bok Tower) and Mountain Lake Sanctuary (left). Date: 1937

Fishers Casino, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
Aerial view of Carl Fishers Casino, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA, between 22nd and 23rd Streets on Collins Avenue. Carl Fisher (1874-1939) was an American entrepreneur, founder of Miami Beach

Diving exhibition, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
Diving exhibition at Carl Fishers Casino and Roman Pools, 23rd Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA. Date: 1922

Municipal Swimming Pool, High Point, North Carolina, USA. Date: 1941

A Japanese diver
A Japanese girl is preparing to dive backwards on a diving board. She wears a swimming hat and swimimng costume, and holds her arms at a right angle to her body. Date: 1932

RMS Queen Mary - The Tourist Swimming Pool
Cunard White Star Line RMS Queen Mary - The Tourist Swimming Pool. Date: circa mid-1930s

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

Alamo Apartment Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Alamo Apartment Hotel, Indian Creek at 42nd Street, Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Date: 1939

Swimming pool at Hotel Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico
The swimming pool at the Hotel Agua Caliente, part of a popular leisure centre in Tijuana, Mexico. Date: circa 1929

Hippo, elephant, mouse, pig and rabbit
A hippo goes for a swim, despite the No Bathing sign. A mouse throws him a line, thinking he might be drowning. An elephant, a pig and a rabbit stand watching. Date: circa 1933

Hotel Quitandinha, Petropolis, Brazil, now turned into private luxury apartments. Date: circa 1940

Scene on a dairy farm, Netherlands. Date: early 20th century

Poster, summer holiday activities
Poster for young people. Vision -- if you have ideas about activities during the summer holiday please let someone know. Showing a couple doing some underwater swimming. Date: circa 1960s

Little girl with fishing net at the seaside
Little girl with a fishing net at the seaside. Date: circa 1920s

Scene with buildings, India. Date: circa 1920s

The stag & the pool. Aesops fable.Date: 15th century

Interior of a swimming school, Paris.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825

Medieval man playing a game of snooker.. Handcolored lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnands Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Cassell, London, 1873

Little boy and dog in pool of water, West Country
Little boy and dog playing in a pool of water, West Country. Date: circa 1970s

Interior Harveys Engine House, East Pool Mine, Pool
Interior Harveys Engine House, East Pool Mine (tin, copper and china clay), Pool, near Redruth, Cornwall, England. Showing the to cylinder of Harveys Engine. Date: 1900s

Silent Pool Tea Room, Shere, Guildford, England
Silent Pool Tea Room, Shere, Guildford, near Albury, Surrey, England. Date: 1940s

North Bay Bathing Pool, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1951

Card Game in a High Street Public House, The Pool of London, Wapping, County of London, England. Date: 1949

Maidencombe Hotel, Maidencombe, Devon
Maidencombe Hotel, Maidencombe, Torquay, Devon, England. Showing Swimming Pool Date: 1970

The Village, Hawkshead, Cumbria
The Village, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria, England. Taken from Pool Road Date: 1910s

Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Sussex
Royal Pavilion, Brighton, near Hove, Sussex, England. Showing pool & lawns Date: 1900s

Childrens Paddling Pool, Skegness, Lincolnshire
Childrens Paddling Pool, Skegness, near Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire, England. Date: 1920s

The RMMV Dunottar Castle (Union Castle Line), . Showing the swimming pool Date: 1927

Super Bathing Pool, New Brighton, Lancashire
Super Bathing Pool, New Brighton, Wallasey, Lancashire, England. Date: 1938

Woman standing in swimming pool Date: 1904

Women swimmers standing by pool Date: 1904

Bathing Pool, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1920s

Pike Pool, Beresford Dale, Peak District
The man on the right on the bridge is Ernest Battersby - photographed in the Peak District around 1906. Next to him is a man identified as Ted Ellis. Date: circa 1906

Edwardian man by pool at Ellesmere, Shropshire, at a pub called The Boat which is still in business today Date: 1906

Hermann Park, Houston, Texas, USA
General view of Hermann Park, with the Sam Houston Monument and Reflecting Pool, Houston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1928

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, being fitted out
With the launching of the Queen Mary Ocean Liner a new phase of work began. Eighteen months between September 1934, and her departure for preliminary trials on 24 March 1936

Spain - The Court in Granada
Black and white lantern slide of a courtyard in Granada. There is a large pool of water in the centre. Slide number 44 of Box 148 entitled Spain Bull Fighting & Spanish Life Date: circa 1890s

Plan of frog pool - Black and white lantern slide. Very faint plane of Louse.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection Date: circa 1900

Pool of Siloam, City of David, Jerusalem
The Pool of Siloam, a rock-cut pool in the ancient City of David, Jerusalem, showing the end of the conduit. The pool was fed by water from the Gihon Spring, carried there by two aqueducts

Japan - Temple by an Ornamental Pool
Black and white lantern slide showing a Temple by an Ornamental Pool - Japan. Date: circa 1890s

An upper part of Mukut Waterfalls, surrounded by rainforest; near Mukut village on Tioman Island, . 30 km east off peninsula Malaysia in South China Sea; June

Pool of Hezekiah, Jerusalem. Date: 1920s

White / Square-lipped Rhino - resting in muddy pool (Ceratotherium simum). Mosi-o-Tunia the Zambian National Park near Victoria falls

A waterfall and a small pool near river Danum, primary rainforest. Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Siberian Lemming - adult crosses a puddle (Lemmings can swim). (Lemmus sibiricus ). tundra near Dikson, Russian Arctic. Summer, August

Group photo, Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, USA
Group photo of sightseers outside Sutro Baths and Museum, San Francisco, California, USA. They have arrived via Gray Line Sightseeing Motor Coach, the large vehicle just behind them. 1926

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