Swimming Collection (page 31)

Shelton Hotel, New York
Swimming Pool at the Shelton Hotel on Lexington Avenue, New York City, America

Aston Union Cottage Homes, Erdington, West Midlands
The entrance to Aston Unions cottage homes, opened in 1899 at Erdington, Birmingham, West Midlands. The homes housed pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays Abroad with Cooks, showing an alpine spa scene with mountains, a swimming pool, and a young woman in Austrian traditional dress

Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland?
Cover photograph for Thomas Cooks brochure, Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland. A young woman stands seductively in a swimsuit

The Humorist Summer Number 1939
Bright and jolly front cover design for The Humorist magazine Summer Number by William Heath Robinson featuring a number of bathers paddling and playing about in the sea

Hotel St. George, Brooklyn
Natural salt water swimming pool at the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn, New York

Crocodiles Swimming

Freeport, Long Island
Swimming at Freeport, Long Island

St Marylebone Poor Law Schools, Southall
The St Marylebone Schools on South Road, Southall, Middlesex. An inscription below the pediment gives its date of construction as 1858

Kensington & Chelsea District School, infirmary
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gymnasium
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, gym team
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Kensington & Chelsea District School, boys group photo
In 1876, the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea established a District School for pauper children at Banstead, Surrey (later known as Beechholme)

Argentina - Buenos Aires - Public outdoor lido. Photo (4/40) from a fold-out set

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

Playing boules in Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand
People playing boules in Government Gardens, Rotorua, North Island, New Zealand. The building in the background is the Blue Baths, an historic centre built in 1933 combining a health spa

WWII adaption: barrage balloon / W H Robinson
Adaption of a barrage balloon for peace time requirements, by helping with swimming lessons. Please note: Credit must appear as (c)

Family group of bathers in Devon
A family group of bathers at the seaside in Devon -- in the centre is Cecil Watts, and Olive Harper is standing on the right

Denmark - Danish Lovely by the seaside
Denmark - Danish Bathing Belle by the seaside, wearing a spectacularly risque outfit for the time!!!

Croatia - Opatija (Abbazia) - New Swimming Baths
Croatia - Opatija (Abbazia) - North Strand and the new Swimming Baths

Modesty bathing car / W H Robinson
Ideal for those who hold no illusions about their physique, and are reluctant to display it in a bathing suit. Incorporating a collapsible canvas tunnel attached to the back of the car down which

Miss UK regional finals, St Ives, Cornwall
One of the contestants in the Miss UK regional finals poses in St Ives harbour, Cornwall in a revealing one-piece swimsuit

Men bathing with their Austin 7
Men on the beach, about to bathe with their Austin 7

What to wear in the sea
Three sketches showing the latest in summer beach wear, . The womans bathing suit in the middle is described as a most charming and useful gown, with an emphasis on simplicity and light

Comic Postcard - A run on the Bank
A Run on the Bank - a policeman chases a young boy, who had been defying the notice not to bathe. A humourous card playing with the meaning of this phrase

Two Polar bears
Polar bears, one swimming, the other standing on the Arctic ice shelf. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard

Swan studies
Watercolour studies of Swans on the water by Raymond Sheppard

Rham Plateau, Luxembourg - Passarelle Viaduct
Rham Plateau, Luxembourg and Passarelle Viaduct (footbridge), Bisserweg. The Swimming School ( Ecole de Natation ) can also be seen

Horse pulling Ostend beach huts
A hello from Ostend! A beach scene from Ostend, Belgium depicting a solid young lady in striped swimsuit sat astride one of the horses used to pull the beach bathing huts in and out of the water

Bathing Beauty
Latest Photographic Notes: Well Developed - a fine photographic postcard of a fetching young lady in her best pearls and favourite stripey bathing costume, perching delicately on the end of the quay

William Thomas Burgess, Channel swimmer
William Thomas Burgess (right) at Walmer after his successful channel swim, which took place on 5-6 September 1911. He was the second person to swim the channel after Captain Matthew Webb in 1875

Greetings from Ramsgate
A jolly souvenir postcard from the Kent seaside resort of Ramsgate, depicting a pretty lady bather in the shallow waters edge, holding aloft a lifebelt

Children at Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton
Children in the hot water bathing pool at the Queen Marys Childrens Hospital, Carshalton, Surrey. The hospital was opened in 1908 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board

Florida travel poster
Travel poster advertising the attractions of Florida including fishing, boating, swimming and attractive residential sites. A man fishes on the bank while two ladies dive from a platform

Alices Adventures Underground: Alice swims
Alice swims in the pool of tears, followed by birds and animals. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland

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

Trabzon - General view of the Bay
A panoramic view of the Bay at Trabzon on the Black Sea coast in north-eastern Turkey. The capital of Trabzon Province. Trabzon was located on the historic silk road route

Kings Norton Union Cottage Homes, Shenley Fields, Worcester
Rockery garden at the cottage homes at Shenley Fields, Worcester, established in the 1880s by the Kings Norton Union to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Wednesfield Cottage Homes, Staffordshire
Main drive at the Wednesfield Cottage Homes, Staffordshire, were established by the Wolverhampton Union in 1890 at a site on Amos Lane, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Matrons Block, Poplar Union Schools, Essex
Matrons Block of the Poplar Schools, established in 1906 between Shenfield and Hutton, near Brentwood, Essex, to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Summer Afternoon in Muskoka, Canada
Children playing at the waters edge of one of the Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada on a summer afternoon

Aston Union Cottage Homes, Erdington, Birmingham
Aerial view of Aston Unions cottage homes which were opened in 1899 at Erdington, Birmingham. They housed pauper children away from the main workhouse which occupied an adjacent site

Poster advertising Randfontein, South Africa
Poster advertising Randfontein in South Africa, for golf, swimming, boating and tennis. Industrial facilities are also available

Boys Club swimming circa 1930
A group of boys from a Boys Club take a swim in a river, doubtlessly cold. Most wear one piece costumes

Afternoon swimming at Boys Club
Five older boys in one piece swimming costume stand by the edge of a river. Two of them wear swimming hats and four look like they have not been long out of the water

Boys Club swimming 1930
A group of ten boys from a Boys Club take an afternoon swim in a river, doubtlessly cold. All wear one piece costumes. Two boys on the bank look slightly apprehensive

Boys Club swimming 1935
A group of boys from a Boys Club take their afternoon exercise in the sea, swimming and splashing All have one piece costumes and one boy has a ball

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