Swimmers Collection (page 2)

Macho swimmer in rubber hat, USA
Macho triathlon swimmer in green rubber hat. Seattle, USA

Thirteen seaside bathers in swimming costumes and caps
Thirteen seaside bathers in swimming costumes and bathing caps. Many look similar and were likely all rented from the same outlet for this purpose. Date: 1920s

Hastings, East Sussex - 3 brave lady swimmers on a cold day
Hastings, East Sussex - Three brave lady swimmers on a cold day! Date: circa 1920s

Bournemouth Club, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies
Swimming pool at the Bournemouth Club, Windward Road, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: circa 1930

Olympic swimming pool, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America. Date: circa 1950

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

Bathing-time by Rene Vincent
Art deco illustration depicting bathers with billowing towels and cloaks gathered around a car at the beach. The caption reads: Modern summer holiday-makers seen through an artists eyes

English ladies swimming team - Stockholm Olympics 1912
The English ladies swimming team at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912, winners of the 4 x 100m race, wearing surprisingly revealing swimming costumes

Winners at the Bath Club including Lady Alington
Prize winners at the Bath Club in London in 1933. Miss Nona Davies, Miss Venetia Fripp, Lady Alington and Miss Mary Evans (no relation to our founder as far as we know!). Date: 1933

Communist China - swimmers in Yangtze River
Swimmers (soldiers and civilians) in the water of the Yangtze River (Changjiang) in Communist China in July 1970. They are taking part in a training exercise

Two lady bathers in Marshall & Snelgrove swimsuits, one holding an parasol and pointing out to sea. The lady seated on the beach is wearing a wool-back satin bathing suit; the lady on the right has a

King Edward Hotel, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
King Edward Hotel, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, handy for the nearby Humewood seaside resort for sea bathing and other delights. Date: circa 1925

At the Blue Pool, Portrush - a crowd watching swimmers at a natural swimming spot. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Portrush). Date: circa early 1900s

Dewars whisky advertisement - swimming pool
Advertisement for Dewars whisky featuring a group enjoying the jubilee spirit in the swimming pool. We wouldn t recommend combining whisky with swimming but no doubt this chap is going to enjoy a wee

Members of Synchronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth
Three members of Aquabelles Synchronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth: Anita Jocelyn, June Russel and Edwina Reeks. Date: 1956

Aquabelles - Synchronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - rehearsing for their review Aquafantasia at Bournemouth Pier Approach Baths Date: circa 1956

Aqua Cascades - Synchronised Swimming Team
The Aqua Cascades - Synchronised Swimming Team. Group photograph from their show at Morecambe (Borough of Morecambe and Heysham)

The Sea Hath Pearls by Claude Shepperson
Bathing scene showing women in brightly coloured swimming costumes getting ready for a dip in the sea. Date: 1918

Yasuji Miyazaki, 1932 Olympic Games
Japanese swimming champion and Olympic gold medallist, 15 year old Yasuji Miyazaki, pictured at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games were he won a gold medal in the 100 metres freestyle

Monte Mar (Montemar), Valparaiso, Chile, South America
Monte Mar (Montemar), a bathing cove near Valparaiso, Chile, South America. Date: circa 1908

The Belle-Buoy by Douglas Wales
Three 1920s bathing belles take a rest on a floating buoy out at sea. Date: 1929

Long distance swimmers, St Ives, Cornwall
Long distance swimmers entering the sea at St Ives, Cornwall, smeared in grease. Date: circa 1980s

Intruders! By Godfrey Wilson, mermaid watching bathers
A mermaid on some rocks views two women swimmers from a safe distance. Date: 1928

Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Rhodesia
Municipal Swimming Baths, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1930

Swimming Pool, Sidcot School, Winscombe, Somerset
Swimming Pool at Sidcot School, Winscombe, North Somerset, an independent Quaker school. Date: circa 1920s

Communist China - training exercise in water
Swimmers in the water in Communist China, taking part in a training exercise to build up their mental and physical strength. They are male and female, some of them carrying rifles. circa 1970

Beach of Beirut (Beyrouth), Lebanon
View of the Beirut (Beyrouth) beach on the right as seen from a Royal Navy cruiser - Lebanon Date: 1924

Swimming bath, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa
Open air swimming bath, Durban, Natal Province, South Africa, with the Fern Villa Hotel and the Beach Hotel in the distance on the right. Date: circa 1915

Malo-les-Bains, France - bathers
A man in a bathing suit stands in the surf of the Malo-les-Bains beach, near Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in France. Behind him are other bathers as well as various boats. circa 1910s

Bathing pool on a cruise liner
Passengers on board a cruise liner cool off in a bathing pool on deck. Date: 1933

Bathing pool on Selfridges rooftop
A new Sportapool, a portable swimming bath which could be fitted up at short notice in almost any convenient place. Here it is installed on the roof of Selfridges department store on Oxford Street

The Girl Who Really Went to Swim
A girl pauses on a diving board as she prepares to dive into a swimming pool. The title of the picture is a comment on the increasing craze for sunbathing during the late 1920s - somebody actually

Bathers at the Open Air Baths in Chiswick
Bathers in the swimming pool at the Open Air Baths in Chiswick Date: July 1928

Bathers at the Open Air Baths in Lansburys Lido at the Serpentine in London Date: July 1932

Swimming, Bath Club
Ladies morning at the Bath Club, London, a popular and fashionable resort for swimmers Date: 1910

Members of the Aquashow Synchronised Swim Troupe (off-duty) at Bournemouth. Date: 1963

Sychronised Swimming Team - sky-larking again
Bournemouth, Dorset - female members of the Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team - sky-larking again up a tree! Date: 1962

Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - group of performers
Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - group of male performers - some obviously in clown roles surrounding the hunky star of the show. Date: 1961

Sychronised Swimming Team - on Syd Brookes Car
Sychronised Swimming Team (" some of the Water-Babe s" ) - on Syd Brookes (possibly their manager?) Car, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, in front of the Chesterwood Hotel

Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - off-duty party
Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - participants off-duty at Pat & Lizs Party Date: 1962

Female Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - show
Female Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - practising for the show, the final dress rehearsal, involving multiple performers, floats and a large lotus flower. Date: 1961

Synchronised Swimming Wedding causes quite a stir
August 1962, Kinson, Bournemouth. The wedding of Eileen Hart, 22 of New Milton and David King of Coombe Gardens, Bournemouth caused quite a stir (and claims of a publicity stunt)

Synchronised Swimming Team End of Season Artists Ball
Synchronised Swimming Team end of season Artists Ball - Royal Exeter Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset. Date: 1962

Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth
8-strong mixed (7 men, 1 woman) Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth, Dorset. Date: circa 1965

Aquashow - Sychronised Swimming Show Participants
Aquashow at Rhyl - Sychronised Swimming Show Participants - Princes Water Phantasy in an open air pool (" very cold!!" ) Date: 1957

British seaside bathers - fine selection of bathing costumes
British seaside bathers in a fine selection of bathing costumes and swim caps. Date: circa late 1920s

Aquafantasia - Sychronised Swimming Show Participants, Pier Approach Bath, Bournemouth. Date: 1954

Members of Synchronised Swimming Team - Indian Routine - with Pancho. Date: 1960

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