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Captain Webb 1875Captain Matthew WEBB is sustained with hot coffee during his first-ever Channel swim
Boys Swimming, Training Ship Mercury, River Hamble, HantsBoys from the Training Ship Mercury swimming nude in the River Hamble. The Mercury, established in 1885 by the London philanthropist Charles Hoare
Another Wash-out by W. Heath RobinsonTraining at home for the cross Channel swim with a man swimming suspended from a window with watering cans. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger
A Swimming Stroke of GeniusA simple device by which a cross channel swim may be rendered both easy and pleasant- not to mention luxurious. Please note
Advert for The Rolex Oyster waterproof wrist watch 1930Jabez Wolffe timing Miss Micky West for forth-coming attempt on Channel records. The most accurate wrist watch in the World made waterproof. Date: 1930
A cunning stroke by William Heath RobinsonA clever but unsportsmanlike contrivance to increase buoyance and prevent fatigue among Channel swimmers. A useful inflatable idea to help long-distance swimmers by the gadget king
Poster advertising Port Elizabeth, South AfricaPoster advertising Port Elizabeth, a holiday resort on the coast of South Africa. Two young women in swimsuits dip their toes in the sea
Cocktail Girls 1950S 3 / 4Two smiling, leggy young models enjoy a drink together at a cocktail bar. A towels is slunged nonchalantly over a bar stool. I hope they don t intend to drink & swim!
Front cover of The Bystander by BarribalTwo young ladies playing in the sea
Ladies Swim Contest 1905A ladies swimming contest on the river Thames, from Hampton Court to Richmond
Male Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - Diving off a high board to start their routine... Date: 1961
Alice in Wonderland, Alice in the Pool of TearsAlice in Wonderland -- Alice swims with various birds and animals in the Pool of Tears. Date: early 20th century
Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra MetcalfeEdward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII
British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by MataniaThe only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in. A scene captured at the front by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania
Holidaymakers in the sea at Margate, Kent Date: circa 1910s
Endell Street Open Air Swimming PoolA view of the open air swimming pool in Endell Street, Holborn, London, on the site of Holborn Borough Councils Public Swimming bath which was pulled down in 1938 in preparation for the building of a
Nautilus Swim Club 1Fixture card of the Nautilus Swimming Club, a London club based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London. (see two subsequent items for their 1891 river picnic)
Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927One piece swimsuits and separate tunics with knickers in a variety of styles in different colours and patterns and also rubber caps with flowers, available at Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road
Advert for Beechams Pills 1887What are the Wild Waves saying ? Try BREECHAMs PILLS! 1887
Bathing Beach of the Royal Muskoka Hotel, CanadaChildren playing at the Bathing Beach of the Royal Muskoka Hotel, Canada, in and around the water and a canoe at the waters edge
Aquafantasia - Sychronised Swimming Show, BournemouthAquafantasia - Sychronised Swimming Show, Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth Date: 1960
Advert for Beetham Larola suntan lotion 1940Sun tan without sun burn. To suntan becomingly yet without painful sunburn, the skin should always be bathed with larola. Exposure to sun
Bournemouth Sea FrontA crowded beach scene at Bournemouth. People sunbathe in deckchairs and swim in the sea
Sturgeon and CaviarSturgeon swim in the ocean, and their eggs are canned for the enjoyment of wealthy humans
Cartoon by George Studdy, part of his Fruity Fables series, showing a lady orange peeling off her skin down to a bikini. Credit should read
Advert for the Macintosh Swimming Ring, 1926 Date: 1926
Christmas morning swim in the SerpentinePage from the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News featuring various sketches of the Christmas morning swimming handicap in the Serpentine in Hyde Park
Advert for Gorringes womens bathing dresses & capes 1924Selection of womens exclusive bathing dresses with separate knickers and capes. Date: 1924
MYTTON / SHORT CUT HOMEJOHN MYTTON To win a bet that he could outride a friend this eccentric squire took a short cut through a lake despite the fact he couldnt swim. Date: 1796 - 1834
Woman drying herself after a dip in the sea outside her hutWoman drying herself with a beach towel after a dip in the sea In her trendy striped bathing costume) outside her hut which is named Burleigh after a village in Berkshire, England. Date: circa 1920s
Venetian Pools, Coral Gables, Florida, USASwimmers enjoying the Venetian Pools at Coral Gables, just south of Miami, Florida, USA. Date: 1952
Advert for Kleinerts Roxy watertight bathing caps 1948Wonderful to know that dive, swim under water, do-what-you-will, weraing a Roxy cap your hair just womn t get wet. Tucked away above a patent inner flange - a simple but perfect device that forms an
Webb in Mid-ChannelCaptain Webb nears the French coast in the first successful attempt to swim the English Channel
Mother of pearl divers attacked by a shark, Tahiti. Date: 1885
Comic postcard, Mother and daughter in the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Scotsmen wearing wrong kilts after going for a swim Date: 20th century
Cartoon, A Dip in the Free Trade Sea -- satirical comment on the Conservative governments announcement that they did not intend to return to the policy of Protectionism
Knitted swim wear 1940Page from a magazine showing a model wearing a knitted bikini. Date: 1940
A young woman fishes from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi)A young woman fishing from the pier at Aberdovey (Aberdyfi), on the estuary of the River Dovey in Gwynedd, north Wales. She wears a sparkling bikini and black socks and shoes Date: 2019
British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in seaTwo women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)
The Aqua Theatre - Pier Approach Baths, BournemouthPerformers of the The BIG SPLASH of 1963 - The Aqua Theatre - Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth - Synchronised Swimming Entertainment Show, starring Teddy Northcott and Johnny Carney. Date: 1963
Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - relaxingAquashow Sychronised Swimming Team members at Bournemouth - relaxing in the sea at the beach. Date: 1961
Boys Club, swimming and relaxing by river, 1927A group of boys from a Boys Club sit by a rivers edge and dry off in the sun after their swim
Seaside Bathing Machines early 1900s Date: circa 1900s
Kensington Public Baths London probably 1920s
Cover design, Do it yourself, July 1966 - a swimpool in your garden Date: 1966
Wolseley Workers in solariumWolseley Workers, women being treated with sun rays in the works ultraviolet solarium, wearing swim suits and goggles. The solarium was installed to counteract the lack of daylight for wartime shift
Photographs of bathers in costume, Venice LidoPhotographs of bathers in costume, and a bathing scene, Venice Lido, Italy. Captioned, Lead, oh lead me to the Lido. Venice-Super-Mare'. Date: 1911
Brass band playing to bathers Wannsee, Berlin, GermanyBrass band playing to bathers, in a lake at Wannsee, Berlin, Germany, outdoor scenic photograph. Captioned, Bathing to the band in Berlin
Advert for Bathing SuitsAn advert for the latest range of bathing suits available at Debenhams. Date: 1932
Summer fashion ideas for women: a plage suit with a lozenge-patterned jerkin, and two swimsuits. Date: 1954
Page of fashion adverts - June 1921Page of four fashion adverts for womenand children's clothing, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 1921
Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath RobinsonA man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919
Christmas Morning Swimming Handicap in Serpentine 1906Various scenes of the annual competition at Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, London on Christmas day morning. Date: 1906
Captain Matthew WEBB (1848 - 1883), who on 24 August 1875 was the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 1875
Two women taking their children for an early morning slash in the sea in Trouville. Date: August 1905
Comic postcard, Father and son in the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Mixed bathing at the seaside Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man and woman swimming in the sea Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Man paddling in the sea. I can t swim, but I m not afraid - I ve got a floating kidney! Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, Swimming in the sea - young man and four pretty women Date: 20th century
Comic postcard, policeman on the beach Date: 20th century
A portrait of Eleanor Black, an American Bathing Beauty, 1926 Date: 1926
St Kilda Railway Baths, Melbourne, Australia, c.1890s
World War II US marines swim and wash, Japan 1945World War II vintage photograph - US marines swim and wash in a bomb hole Okinawa, war against Japan, 1945
English huntsman and lady watching a fox swim across a river, 19th century. Facey Romford raising his hat and shouting while Mrs Lucy Somerville sits sidesaddle on her mount. The view
Landowner discovering poachers netting partriduges on his land, 19th century. Mr. Jorrocks sees Benjamin wringing the neck of a partridge that Joshua Sneakington has handed him from a net
Woman in a train in pelerinex jacket and taffeta dress, 1913Woman in a train carriage in old-blue travel cape and black taffeta dress, with exotic bird in a cage. Manteau de voyage a pelerine, bleu ancien, robe de taffetas noire
Family group at seaside, 1920sFamily group photograph at the seaside. An older couple sit on deckchairs with two girls in matching hats and swim suits, the adults smiling whilst the children look less sure theyre enjoying
The morning lounge at BiarritzScene on the beach at Biarritz in 1866, about a decade after the resort on the SW French coast was made fashionable by Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie
Life Savers on a Continental beachLife savers stationed on an unidentified Continental beach in 1923. Any adventurous swimmer who dared to swim out a little further than what was deemed perfectly safe was forcibly rescued often with
West Indian Pearl FishersA group of West Indian pearl fishers in boats dive for pearl amidst larger galley ships. West Indians and Westerners group on the land behind to trade for the pearls. Date: 1494
Six Little Camping Girls Going Down to Bathe, Wallis MillsSix girls on a camping trip make a jolly sight as they skip down to the beach in colourful pyjamas to bathe. Date: 1929
Beach fashions for women 1930Model wearing the latest fashionable beach wear. 1930
Advert for Lillywhites beach fashions 1930A model wearing three styles for beach wear for summer 1930. 1930
Womens swimwear 1909Woman wearing a daring swimming costume for the time, with criss-cross ties to the sides. 1909
Jumbles by Lewis Baumer - Pigs on the Beach and Swimming. 1897
Fashionable bathing costume 1911Woman wearing a soft emerald-green satin decorated with white braid, available from Debenham and Freebody s. Date: 1911
Page of Fashion adverts 1937Two adverts from Woolands of model wearing a graceful full length Ascot dress, designed in floral organza, patterned in charming shades, petalled frill on bodice and skirt
Women paddling in the sea 1906" Is it fun having the men to teach you to swimming?" " Fun! Why, rather! I ve been taught five times". Date: 1906
French game, International Swimming Championship. early 20th century
Three women wearing braided bathing frocks suitable for the summer months, available from Swan & Edgar s, department store. Date: 1909
Children wearing Swimeesy Buoy, invented two before in 1907. Date: 1909
CROSSING THE RHINE Oudinot and his men swim the river with their horses and immediately have to engage the Austrian forces Date: 1799
