Pool Collection (page 15)

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

Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Smithfield Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: early 20th century

Inside spa hotel St Gellert, Budapest, Hungary
View inside the spa hotel St Gellert in Budapest, Hungary, with people swimming in a pool. Date: 1930s

LFB fireboat AFB2, River Thames, Pool of London
LFB fireboat AFB2 on the River Thames, Pool of London, with Tower Bridge in the distance

LFB Fireboat attending a fire at Colonial Wharf
A fireboat tackles a fire at Colonial Wharf. A typical big Thameside fire of the sort which the London fire Brigade had tackled over 100 years: Colonial Wharf, Wapping High Street, E1

Boy Scouts on Ascension Island, South Atlantic
Two Boy Scouts on Ascension Island, South Atlantic, exploring rock pools on a beach. Date: 1981

Boys of Brixton Scout Troop, South Africa, bathing
Boys of Brixton Scout Troop, Johannesburg, South Africa, on bathing parade

Woman on beach with ball
Woman on a sandy beach with a ball. Date: circa 1960s

Children learning to swim at the Tadpole Club, Cornwall

Duncan Goodhew, British Olympic swimmer
Duncan Goodhew (b. 1957), British Olympic swimmer, seen here giving a demonstration to young swimmers at the St Clare Swimming Pool, Penzance, Cornwall

Golden Lily Tank, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
The Golden Lily Tank, part of the Great Pagoda (Minakshi Sundareshvara Temple) at Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1890s

Out of Doors -- two children exploring rock pool
Out of Doors -- two children at the seaside, exploring a rock pool. Date: 19th century

British soldiers on horseback in snow, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on horseback in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, giving their horses time for a drink of water. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers on improvised bridge, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers crossing a stretch of water on an improvised bridge (a fallen tree trunk) on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers giving sports display, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers giving a sports display for the Duke of Connaught and others near the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Swimming Bath, Barnet Industrial School
Boys in the swimming bath at the Barnet Industrial School, Hertfordshire. The presence around the pool of women in long frocks and children indicates that occasion is some kind of open day. Date: 1908

London Pool in silhouette
The Pool of London in silhouette, showing cranes at the docks lifting cargo and Tower Bridge in the distance with its crossing lifted up to let passing ships through. Date: 1926

Two children on a beach by Muriel Dawson. Date: 1920s

Virginia Street at night, Reno, Nevada, USA -- the Biggest Little City in the World. Date: 1949

Hotel El Rancho, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- western Americas finest -- invest in rest at its best. Date: 1940s

The Pelican, West Lake Park, Los Angeles, California, USA Date: 20th century

British soldiers cleaning harness in pond, WW1
British soldiers cleaning their harness in a pool of water after rain, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Leviathan luxury American ship 1924
Leviathan luxury ship sails April 22nd from Southampton - Cherbourg to New York. A trip on the Leviathan is a wonderful experience

Seaside scene, Saucy Sue, showing a far from saucy woman in masculine-style clothes, sitting on a beach reading a book on Ethics, while children play in the sea in the background. Date: July 1914

Young woman standing by a fountain
A young woman standing by a fountain in the middle of a lawn full of daisies

Toddler with sailing boat at seaside
A toddler playing with a sailing boat in a pool on the beach at the seaside

Four women in swimsuits, sitting on rocks with a beach ball floating on a pool of water

Bath House, White Springs, Florida
Interior of the Bath House, White Springs, Florida, USA. The spring flows 32, 400 gallons a minute! Date: 1920s

The Upper Pool
Shipping crowding the Upper Pool of the Thames. Date: circa 1846

Sinaia - Romania - View toward Peles Castle
King Carol Is summer Palace, Peles Castle, Sinaia, Romania. A mountain resort in Prahova County, the town was named after the Sinaia Monastery

Rachel Van Pool
RACHEL RUYSCH VAN POOL Dutch artist renowned for her flower paintings. Date: 1664 - 1750

Jurian Pool
JURIAN (or Juriaen) POOL Dutch artist Date: 1666 - 1745

Luxury Swimming Pool
The luxury outdoor private swimming pool of the Mayfair (London) mansion of City (of London) financier Clarence Hatry, jailed for fraud. Date: 1930s

FOUNDLINGS IN A TANK
Young children in a tank, an outdoor pool, at a London Foundling Hospital. Date: early 1930s

Girls by a Pool
Three pretty girls in bathing costumes, kneeling down beside the swimming pool on the roof terrace of Selfridges department store, London. Date: early 1930s

Excavations for Pool
Excavations under sea level, working night and day to have the new sea water supply for warm baths ready for Easter at Cliftonville Bathing Pool, near Margate, Kent, England. Date: 1932

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

Teatime in the Pool
Four girls take a break from swimming for a pot of freshly brewed tea at the opening of Westminster Baths, London! Date: early 1930s

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