Swimming Collection (page 12)

Bottlenose DOLPHIN - blows bubbles from blow hole, facing camera (Tursiops truncatus). air bubbles rising. Complex play / creative behaviour

Carry On - Women in wartime silhouette, WW1
Types of Britains women armies - Land lasses, Town toilers and Sea Sirens. Three types of women during the First World War depicted rather romantically in silhouette

Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, USA
People swimming, or posing for their photo, in the Sutro Baths, San Francisco, California, USA. Date: circa 1905

St Marylebone Poor Law Schools, Southall, London
The St Marylebone Schools on South Road, Southall opened in 1858 to house up to 390 pauper children away from the workhouse

Princess Margaret at the Bath Club
Princess Margaret (1930-2002), pictured in her swimsuit at the Bath Club at which she won a cup for little swimmers up to the age of nine. Date: 1939

Open Air Swimming Baths - West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
The Open Air Swimming Baths (now demolished) - West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside (formerly in Cheshire) Date: circa 1910s

Ulysses and the Sirens by Wilmot Lunt
Three bathing belles in brightly-hued swimsuits, sunbathe on a rock and catch the attention of a young man in a passing speedboat. Date: 1927

H. L. Oakley and others on the beach, Scarborough
The renowned silhouette artist H. L. Oakley (front row, second from left), with a group of men and women, all in their swimming gear on the beach at Scarborough, North Yorkshire

Cross section of Titanic showing decks
Cross-section of the Titanic in dock at Southampton. The double bottom is shown in white; the seven decks from the bottom up are the swimming pool, baggage

Riding a Dolphin
A man with a cowboy hat rides a dolphin and makes quite a splash! Date: 1960s

Blankenberghe, Belgium - a beach troubador, thoroughly entertaining a group of children in their bathing costumes

Sharron Davies and Neil Adams
Sharron Davies (b 1962), Commonweath and Olympic swimming champion, with Neil Adams (b 1958), European, Olympic and World judo champion

St Pancras Schools, Leavesden, Hertfordshire
The St Pancras Schools at Leavesden In Hertfordshire. The schools were opened in by the St Pancras Board of Guardians in 1872 to house pauper children in the countryside away from the workhouse

Boys Club, swimming and relaxing by river, 1928
A group of boys from a Boys Club sit by a rivers edge and dry off in the sun after their swim

Art Deco Swimming Pool
A brand new Art Deco swimming pool in Germany

Olympics / 1936 / Americans
American contestants pose and smile at the side of the swimming pool

Olympics / St Louis / Swim
C Rausch wins the mile and half mile swimming races for Germany

Kodak Advert 1913
A lady uses her Kodak camera at the seaside

St. Ives Boys Playing Victorian period

Comic postcard, Couple leapfrogging on the beach - I m full of fun and fancy free! Date: 20th century

Dolphin

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

Burmese scouts in the water
Burmese scouts of St Philips, 26th Rangoon Troop (Yangon), in the water with a scout leader

James Finney, English swimmer
James Finney (1862-?), English swimmer. late 19th century

George Lacy Hillier, English swimmer and cyclist
George Lacy Hillier (1856-1941), English swimmer, racing cyclist (including the pennyfarthing) and all-round athlete. late 19th century

Ernst Busch - Sea-Star - Lost in thought Date: circa 1920

Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930
Fashions for all summer sports, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly. 1930

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

Durban, South Africa - a Paradise for Bathers
Durban (Port Natal), South Africa, packed with holiday-makers, enjoying both the beach itself and an open-air swimming pool. 1928

Swimming pool of Aley (Aleih) casino, Mount Lebanon
Swimming pool of the Aley (Aleih) casino built circa 1930 - Mount Lebanon Governate, Lebanon. Date: circa 1940

Group photo, HMS Worcester, swimming team and water polo team. circa 1950s

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

Family outing to the seaside, beach scene, early 1950s
A family pose for an informal photograph on the beach at an unidentified seaside resort. Assorted relatives in varying states of dress from a lady in a bikini at the front to a grandmother in dress

Bank Heads, Larne - an elevated view showing promenade and swimming piers and Chaine memorial in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Larne). Date: circa early 1900s

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

On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse
A couple, wrapped in gowns and beach towels, look around them aghast at the beach at the (presumably) scantily clad people. Eventually they themselves strip down to the bare minimum. Date: 1931

Mrs Richard Norton & Lady Brecknock at Monte Carlo beach
A snapshot from Monte Carlo beach showing two well-known beauties - one sunburned quite brown and the other still white-skinned. The Hon

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

At Maxine Elliotts chateau at Golfe Juan, French Riviera
Page from The Tatler reporting on distinguished guests enjoying the hospitality at the luxury villa belonging to American actress Maxine Elliott at Golfe Juan on the French Riviera

Man swimming with tiger
A man and a tiger enjoying a dip in a swimming pool. (2 of 3) circa 1970s

Tennessee. Memphis. Graceland Mansion to Elvis Presley (1935-1977). Meditation graden. Grave of The King. USA

Easter. Jesus went to the pool of Bethesda (Jerusalem) where there were many sick. An angel stirred the water and the first to be launched, was healing. Codex of Predis (1476). Royal Library. Turin

1930s beach wear
1930s woman wearing one piece swimming costume, ribbon tied around the head and white shoes

On the Tirreno by Matania
A girl in a red swimming costume surveys the azure blue sea on the Tirreno on the Italian coast. Date: 1924

Rhos-On-Sea
A scene at the Childrens Pool at Rhos-on-Sea, Denbighshire, Wales Date: 1960s

Queen Mary Ocean Liner, swimming pool
The swimming pool for Cabin Class passengers on the Queen Mary Date: 1936

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