Swimmers Collection (page 4)

Beach and casino, Dinard, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The seashore and Kursaal, (i. e. Cursaal), Blankenberghe, Be
The seashore and Kursaal, (i.e. Cursaal), Blankenberghe, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The pier and shore, Blankenberghe, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The beach and the sea, Blankenberghe, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Clothes of swimmers hanging on a telegraph pole, Lake Providence, La. The children from the nearby farms and neighborhoods go swimming, on Saturday afternoon and Sunday, in the lake. Date 1940 June

Two ladies in saucy swimwear, which would have been EXTREMELY racey for this time period! They fool around on the end of a jetty at the endge of a lake. Date: circa 1904

The Lido - Venice, depicting the Lido Hotel building and bathers Date: circa 1895

Hastings Baths, Barbados, West Indies Date: circa 1920

Jenny Kammersgaard
Danish swimmer JENNY KAMMERSGaRD in action. Date: 1930s

Underwater Legs
A rather voyeuristic photograph of a womans legs, underwater. Date: 1930s

Getting into the Swimming Pool

Ragnhild Hveger
Danish swimmer RAGNHILD HVEGER (b. 1920), who was the holder, in 1941, of no less than 19 world records at one time. 400 metre Silver medal winner at 1936 Olympics. Date: 1930s

voltaire Swimming Pool
Passengers watching swimmers in the open air swimming pool of the Voltaire luxury liner on its cruise to Norway. Date: 1930s

Swimming medal, Derby Water Polo League
Swimming medal of the Derby Water Polo League, awarded to one of the champions, J. H. Watson. Showing an outdoor scene with swimmers in the water and another swimmer diving in. 1907

Boy Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer
The Australian freestyle swimmer Andrew Murray Charlton (1907-1975), nicknamed Boy Charlton. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

14 year old swimming champion with six trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion poses with the six trophies he has won. (1 of 2) Date: 1924

Wildgoose family of swimmers
A family of swimmers, all in their swimming costumes: T Wildgoose, ex-1000 yards champion, with Emma (3), Alice (15 months) and Dick (4). Date: 1910s

Ethel Shipley, long distance champion swimmer
Miss Ethel Shipley, Long Distance Lady Champion swimmer, and First Lady Home in the " Weekly Dispatch" swim through London (15 miles). Date: 1910s

Bristol Dolphin Swimming Club with two trophies
Members and management of the Bristol Dolphin Swimming Club, champions in the 1912 season, with two trophies. Date: 1912

Fourteen year old swimming champion with trophies
A 14-year-old swimming champion with the six trophies he has won. (2 of 2) Date: 1924

Kenneth Swain, Yorkshire County swimmer
KENNETH E SWAIN Yorkshire County swimmer, in costume, with large shield (swimming trophy). Date: September 1912

Midland Beach, Staten Island, New York
Bathing, Midland Beach. Fully dressed people standing on beach with swimmers visible in background. - Midland Beach (New York, N.Y.) | Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) | New York (N.Y.)

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Swimming Baths
Argentina - Buenos Aires - Outdoor Swimming Baths/Lido. Photo (15/40) from a fold-out set

The Bathing Hour at Boulogne-sur-mer, France. A group of intrepid lady swimmers strike out from the coast amid the attractive bathing machines, parked both in the shallows and on the beach

Lastex advertisement
Advertisement for Lastex yarn, which swimmers appreciate due to the stretch of straps and fabric that sun and sea cannot destroy

Siofok, Hungary - Bathers in Lake Balaton
Siofok, Hungary on the southern bank of Lake Balaton in Somogy County. Here a whole host of holidaymakers enjoy the waters of the lake in a wide variety of bathing attire

Bondi Beach 1908
Swimmers in swimming costumes on Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Neptune and the mermaids- up to date, by C. Rebel Stanton
Lady swimmers in bathing caps surrounding a rowing boat

Swimming champion with medals on his costume
A swimming champion wearing a Rolls Royce Athletics Club badge and 35 medals on his costume

Seven female swimmers, five of them with medals
Seven young lady swimmers, five of them with several medals pinned to their costumes

Four swimmers, two in Bovril teeshirts
Four swimmers pose for their photograph. The two men are wearing Bovril teeshirts, while the two boys wear one-piece swimming costumes

The Shingled Shore
1920s sunbathers and swimmers on a shingled beach

Divers at Seaside 1932
Two female swimmers, one confident, one hesitant prepare to dive into the sea watched by a group of admiring men

Line-up of twelve swimmers and twelve men in suits
A line-up of twelve men in swimming costumes and caps and twelve men in suits

P Radmilovic, world swimming champion
P RADMILOVIC World swimming champion of the 1908 Olympic Games (held in London), proudly wearing an impressive array of medals

USA Olympic swimming team in Paris
The USA Olympic swimming team; photo by " AN" Paris

Swimming Bath Titanic
The swimming bath of the ill- fated passenger liner RMS Titanic depicting bathers enjoying the exercise

French Soldiers Swimming
French cavalrymen enjoy une baignade in a convenient river : two men man a boat in case of accident

Swimmers at Hastings
Two girls stand on a seaweed- covered rock at low tide at Hastings, showing off their two-piece bathing costumes which consist of shorts or bloomers & tunics

Leipzig Swimmers 1914
Members of the Arbeiter- Schwimmverein (Workers swimming club) of Leipzig, just before World War One in which many of these fine young men will lose their lives

Two Piece Swimsuits 1876
Two swimmers in the two-piece short-sleeve bathing costume of the day. The short knickers are quite revealing compared with the long dresses of contemporary fashion

Diving Platform 1890S
Swimmers make use of a diving platform on wheels, placed just off the shore

Cross Channel Swim Race
Four swimmers - Mew, miss Kellermann of Australia, Burgess and Holbein - try to swim the Channel but adverse weather forces them one by one to abandon the race

Thames at Dorney
Swimmers in the Thames near Dorney Church, Buckinghamshire. Let us hope that the fellow in the water is waving, not drowning

Australian Swimmers
Swimmers enjoying the breakers on an Australian beach

Longstrom Swimmer
Swedish swimmer Carl Fredrik Longstrom wears swimming trunks rather than a full- bodied bathing suit, which would shock public opinion in less open-minded countries

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