Swimming Collection (page 18)

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

Rhyl, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wales - Open-air pool with scaffold diving platform and stands for a large intended audience. Used for large set-piece synchronised swimming galas and shows Date: 1957

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

New York City - Playing card - Coney Island Bathing Scene - King of Hearts. Date: 1900

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Bathing at English Bay. Date: 1929

Fun in the Sea at Blankenberge, Belgium - a Belgian coastal town with a long beach and promenade, plus a busy marina. Some very fine bathing hats on show! Date: circa 1910s

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, Bournemouth
Aquafantasia - Sychronised Swimming Show, Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth Date: 1960

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

A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach
A wonderful photograph of a very jolly group (possibly one large extended family) playing with a huge ball on the beach - note the variety of magnificent beachwear on show!

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

Singular Accident - drowning in a swimming pool. circa 1876

Gertrude Ederle channel swim attempt with jazz band
Page from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News reporting on the channel swim attempt of American swimmer Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003)

Del Lord and the Neptune Swimmers
Girls of the Neptune Swimming Club of Alameda, California posing for a photograph while on a visit to Los Angeles and specifically the Mack Sennett Studio

Powdering before taking plunge in swimming pool
A member of the cast of the Paramount film, The Garden of Weeds, powders her face before taking part in a bathing party scene

German seaside costumes 1885
Summer scenes at the seaside in 1885. 1885

Fashionable bathing dress 1912
A distinctive bathing dress, in navy-blue bunting decorated with white braid and turkish towelling coat. 1912

Have a Plunge by George Ray
Promotional postcard for Have A Plunge revue by George Ray; music Burton Manning. First produced at the Royalty Theatre, Chester, 1st March 1915. Ray Brothers Present Londons Latest Water Revue

Swimwear for the sea and sun 1933
Models wearing three different style woollen swimsuits by Jantzen. Date: 1933

American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather (2)
High stylised (and stylish) American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather rather seductively taking off (or putting on) her bathing top against a black background. Date: circa late 1920s

American Art Deco Playing Card Back - Female bather (1) Date: circa late 1920s

Children swimming in the News Tribune newspaper pool
Children swimming in the News Tribune newspaper newsboys plunge bath pool Date: 1900s

People swimming at an outdoor bath house in Detroit, Michigan, USA Date: 1900s

A jolly young Bather sitting cross-legged with her parasol
A jolly young Bather sitting cross-legged with her Japanese-style parasol - " I hope it keeps fine for you!" Date: circa late 1920s

Knitted swimming costume, c. 1935
Woman wearing a knitted swimming costume in an intarsia pattern, 1930s. c.1935

Swimming pool at a holiday camp, Paignton, Devon
Holidaymakers at a swimming pool in a holiday camp at Paignton, Devon, with chalets in the background. Date: 1950s

Advert for Leyland swim caps 1933
Advertisement for Leyland, bathing cap, fits like a glove, without ridges or ruckless. Has shell ear-pieces for comfort. 1933

Forma woollen swim suits 1933
Models wearing backless one-piece bathing wear with a stripe theme. 1933

Advert for Debenham & Freebody swimming suits 1933
Advertisement for Debenham and Freebody and their smart swimming suit fashions for 1933. Models posed wearing belted one-piece costumes (left) Ribbed light top in bright colours and dark shorts

Open air swimming pool, Penzance, Cornwall
Open air swimming pool, with a separate pool for children, Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1950s

Five boys, one swimming, on a birthday card
Five boys, one of them swimming, on a birthday card. Date: circa 1890s

Pretty bathing dress in alpaca 1906
Woman wearing a black swim dress with embroidered applications in white. Date: 1906

Women diving, Lake Placid, New York State, USA
Women diving into the water at Lake Placid, New York State, USA. Date: 1920s

Couple running on a beach, West Country
Couple running hand in hand on a beach, West Country. circa 1980s

Duck and ducklings on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Dazzle style fashion on the beach, 1919
Dazzle fashion, inspired by the dazzle camouflage pioneered by the British Navy during the First World War, seen in evidence on a beach in 1919, complete with matching parasol and head scarves

Waiting to take the stage at beauty competition, Manchester
A thin young lady waits for her turn to take the stage at a beauty competition in a Manchester nightclub. Date: circa 1980

Fishers Casino, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
Aerial view of Carl Fishers Casino, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA, between 22nd and 23rd Streets on Collins Avenue. Carl Fisher (1874-1939) was an American entrepreneur, founder of Miami Beach

Diving exhibition, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
Diving exhibition at Carl Fishers Casino and Roman Pools, 23rd Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA. Date: 1922

Municipal Swimming Pool, High Point, North Carolina, USA. Date: 1941

Three Japanese swimmers
Three Japanese girls lay in a line, on a beach wearing swimming costumes and hats. Date: 1932

A Japanese diver
A Japanese girl is preparing to dive backwards on a diving board. She wears a swimming hat and swimimng costume, and holds her arms at a right angle to her body. Date: 1932

RMS Queen Mary - The Tourist Swimming Pool
Cunard White Star Line RMS Queen Mary - The Tourist Swimming Pool. Date: circa mid-1930s

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