Swimming Collection (page 4)

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit on the beach Date: 20th century

Cheryl Walker, American fashion model and actress
Cheryl Walker (1918-1971), American fashion model and actress. 1939

The Swimming Pool, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Mercedes Gleitze (1900-1981) - British professional swimmer. She was the first person to swim the Straits of Gibraltar and the first British woman to swim the English Channel

The old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry
A small boy fishes with a net in the old outdoor swimming pool at Portstewart, County Derry, Northern Ireland. This area is now redeveloped as The Crescent Play Park

The finishing touch: WW1 peace negotiations cartoon
The hand of the Allies push shy swimmer Germany off the diving board of the 1919 peace discussions after World War One. Date: 1919

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

Comic postcard, Scotsmen wearing wrong kilts after going for a swim Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple in the sea - having a spanking time Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Old man with pretty women on the beach
Comic postcard, Old man with two pretty women on the beach. Whats the good of knowing a thing or two if you can t prove it? Date: 20th century

Whither away? Illustration by Florence Harrison of Tennysons poem, The Sea Fairies Date: c.1920

James & Marie Finney, exhibition swimmers at Hippodrome
James Finney and his sister Marie, champion exhibition swimmers, appearing at the newly-opened London Hippodrome in 1900. Date: 1900

Advert for the Lagoon, swimming pool, Orpingon 1933
Advertisement for The Lagoon in Orpington, Kent, an outdoor swimming pool measuring 200 feet by 75 feet and opened in 1933

Dorothy White, American actress
Dorothy White (1911-2008), American actress. 1939

Lido on the Sea of Galilee (Lake Tiberias), Israel, with Mount Hermon in the far distance. Date: circa 1940s

Mother of pearl divers attacked by a shark, Tahiti. Date: 1885

People playing Mahjong by swimming pool, USA
People playing the Chinese board game Mahjong (Mah Jong), by the swimming pool of the Ambassador Hotel, Atlantic City, USA, April 1924. 1924

People on holiday at Biarritz, south west France - Rosemary Phelps Dodge and Mademoiselle Eliane O Rossdi in the modernistic garden of the Grand Hotel at Ibiarritz (top)

Twelve Chums having a gay old time on the beach! Date: circa 1920s

Wish You Were Here postcard
Seaside postcard featuring a woman in a yellow swimsuit sunbathing in a rather uncomfortable rocky spot on an unidentified beach

Swimmers at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight, 1920s
A group of women pose for a photograph on the beach at Thorness Bay on the Isle of Wight. The back of the photograph describes the day as a picnic for Gs 21st birthday. G is fourth from left

British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in sea
Two women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)

The Aqua Theatre - Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth
Performers of the The BIG SPLASH of 1963 - The Aqua Theatre - Pier Approach Baths, Bournemouth - Synchronised Swimming Entertainment Show, starring Teddy Northcott and Johnny Carney. Date: 1963

Duke of Yorks Camp for Boys - Southwold, Suffolk - here, Albert, Duke of York (1895-1952) is returning from a bathe. He spent the night under canvas and attended a concert

Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - relaxing
Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team members at Bournemouth - relaxing in the sea at the beach. Date: 1961

Boys Club, swimming and relaxing by river, 1927
A group of boys from a Boys Club sit by a rivers edge and dry off in the sun after their swim

Pickie from Swimming Pool, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland - real photo postcard, unknown publisher 1930s Date: 1930s

Seaside Bathing Machines early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Cornwall, England - Bossiney Cove, Tintagel. Date: circa 1970s

Girls relaxing on a bathing machine, early 1900s

A bathing machine, Victorian period

Girl in bathing costume at the seaside, early 1900s

High diving display, early 1900s

Yeadon Swimming Pool probably 1920s

Yeadon Swimming Pool, early 1900s

Kensington Public Baths, London, early 1900s

Kensington Public Baths London probably 1920s

Swimming Pool, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Piazza and Bathing Pool, Skegness, Lincolnshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

North Bay Bathing Pool, Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Bathing Pool, Rhyl, North Wales - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Swimming Pool, Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy, North Wales - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Swimming Pool, Minehead, Somerset - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Swimming Pool, Morecambe, Lancashire - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Bathing Pool and Pier Pavilion, Sandown, Isle of Wight - Painted by artist Frank E Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Bathing Pool, St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex - Painted by artist Charles Howard for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Bathing Pool from the Leas, Folkestone, Kent - Painted by William Carruthers Affleck for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

Open air swimming pool, St Annes on Sea, Lancashire - Painted by landscape artist Alfred Robert Quinton for the Sevenoaks based publishing and printing company J

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