Swimming Collection (page 34)

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

Fish Eating Fish
A big fish eats some smaller fish which appear to be nibbling a swimming man

Model in Swimsuit
A smiling young woman sits wearing a swimming costume, lipstick and sandals on a leather pouffe cushion

Children Swimming 1923
Three boys tackle the waves in the sea, two swim, and one boy has a small surfboard

Swimming for Ladies

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

Swimming Race
Four young boys compete against one another in a swimming race at a holiday camp, while proud parents watch on deckchairs outside their chalets

Childrens Paddling Pool
Children playing in a public paddling pool, the little girls with their dresses tucked into their knickers to stop them getting wet!

School Board children bathing in Victoria Park, London
School Board children bathing in the open air in Victoria Park, East London

Encounter with a sea lion near San Francisco, USA
Bathers near San Francisco, California, USA, are alarmed when they encounter a sea lion

Front cover from the Bystander
A young woman posing in swimwear wearing a headscarf and parasol

Olympics / 1932 / Swimming
The start of the womens 100 metre freestyle with Helene Madison in the foreground

Swimming at Santander
A couple swim side by side off the beach at Santander, Spain

STEAMSHIP FRANCONIA
Cunarder on the Atlantic run, described as a floating stadium because of her luxurious sports facilities - swimming pool, gymnasia and racquets court

Olympics / 1948 / Swimming
Ann Curtis (USA) sets the record for the 400 metre womens freestyle

ATLANTIQUE SWIM POOL
The Swimming Pool

Webb / Channel / Frad Cdv
MATTHEW WEBB Swimmer of the Channel in August 1875

Natatio Bath - Pompeii
A reconstruction of the natatio bath (cold swimming bath) at Pompeii

Biarritz / Swimming Pool
Biarritz: the famous swimming pool

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

Bathing Beauties of 36
Three jolly young women sampling the joys of the seaside, on a mat at the bottom of a slide or Helter Skelter

Swimming in Icy Water
Ladies of the Kingfishers Club of north London break up the ice, before swimming in cold water at Kenwood

Richardsons Swim Device
Richardsons swimming device allows one to sally forth by pedalling a propellor underwater

Learning to Swim 1898
Learning to swim

Maccabees V Bacchides
The Jews led by Jonathan (Maccabaeus) are attacked by the Macedonians under Bacchides : some escape by swimming the river Jordan to safety

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

Swigging while Swimming
Swigging while you swim - a new idea is launched, literally, by bars on Italian beaches

Miss Clegg Bathing Suit
This is Miss Clegg of Bothamstall Hall, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, in her smart bathing costume

Girls at the Seaside
A girl is invited by a friend to go into the water : ropes stretch out into the sea from the shore so that the bathers shall not be swept out to sea by the waves and drowned

Family Holiday 1908
A family on holiday at Shoreham could be modelling for the types of swimwear currently popular : Mums matching dress and bonnet is a stunner !

Girl Snorkeller
A young woman, in a bikini, prepares to go snorkelling by putting on her rubber flippers. Her goggles & snorkel are worn on her head ready for the first dive

Holidaying in Blighty
When one holidayed in Blighty rather than Benidorm, the British seaside was the place to be, offering swimming, funfairs and occasional sunshine

Birds Bathing
Birds and frogs share the bathing-pool

Globe and Coffer Fish
Globe fish and coffer fish swimming together

Swimwear / Graphic / 1883
Swimwear worn at a ladies swimming competiton include two-piece costumes with knickerbockers or trousers & a blouse with sailor collar or with gathers & a Swiss belt

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

New Year Children Stream
Four children playing in a stream and having fun

Children on the Beach
Four young children enjoy an ice cream on the beach

Biarritz Canoers
Two girls paddling their canoe dangerously close to some seaweed-covered rocks at Biarritz, France

Biarritz Bathers
Young people bathing and diving off the rocks into the sea at Biarritz, France

Two Girls in a Canoe
Two girls larking about in a canoe!

Swans Among Reeds
Swans swimming among marshland reeds

Australian Swimmers
Swimmers enjoying the breakers on an Australian beach

Nautilus Swim Club 3
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pose in a meadow before settling down to their River Picnic

Nautilus Swim Club 2
Members of the Nautilus Swimming Club, based at Camberwell Baths in south-east London, pass through a lock on the Thames on their way to their River Picnic

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