Swimming Collection (page 13)

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

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)

Young woman in a blue bikini, West Country
Young woman in a blue bikini, standing in the surf, West Country. Date: circa 1980s

Young woman in pink swimsuit by swimming pool
Young woman in a pink swimsuit, lying on a diving board by a swimming pool. Date: circa 1980s

Mercedes Gleitze greased for Gibraltar swim
Open water long-distance swimmer Mercedes Gleitze greases herself in preparation for her Strait of Gibraltar attempted swim (she succeeded on her second attempt in 1928). Date: 1927

Mercedes Gleitze hauled from water on Gibraltar swim
Mercedes Gleitze, the British long distance open water swimmer, is hauled out of the water into a boat on her attempt to swim the Straits of Gibraltar from Tangier to Gibraltar. Date: 1927

Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Missouri, USA
View of Indian Mound Park, Hannibal, Missouri, USA, with people in an outdoor swimming pool. Date: circa 1925

Bottlenose dolphin - with party hat & streamers (Tursiops truncatus). Digitally manipulated image

A Reticulated Python swims from a small freshwater-stream into a sea, to move between parts of island shore (Python reticulatus )

Bottlenose dolphins - group playing underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose dolphin - blowing air bubbles underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions. Complex play / creative behaviour

Bottlenose Dolphins - three underwater (Tursiops truncatus). Distribution: Worldwide except polar regions

Bottlenose Dolphin - two, smiling (Tursiops truncatus)

Great Indian / One-horned RHINOCEROS / rhino - Close up of head in water, side on. (Rhinoceros unicornis). Chitwan National Park, Nepal

More Entanglements by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoon
Bathing at Casse Les Bains is going to be rotten again this year. Two stereotypically grouchy looking Germans in bathing costumes do their best to enjoy a seaside holiday despite the barbed wire

Children in swimwear 1909
Five children at various ages, posing for the camera in St Malo in France. 1909

Suffragettes Swimming Hot Air Balloon Muriel Matters
A cartoon illustration by Alfred Chantrey Courbold (1852-1920) of suffragettes swimming towards a flotilla of toy boats. Behind them are large Votes for Women banners whilst pro-suffrage leaflets

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