Swimming Collection (page 6)

Dalgety & Co Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for Dalgety & Company Limited, promoting a Dodge Brothers motor car, seen beside a pool filled with boys swimming

Duckweed
Watercolour paintings of three American Pekin ducks swimming in a circular motion on duckweed covered water. Date: circa 1930

Basil Rathbone diving
English actor Basil Rathbone (1892-1967), famous for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, here caught mid-dive. Date: 1939

Advert for Slixsilver swimsuits. The one pictured is made of silver oilsilk. Date: 1939

Princess Margaret wins at swimming
Princess Margaret, later Countess of Snowden (1930-2002) and the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. Here, aged 8, she is participating in a swimming race at the Bath Club. She won the under-nines cup

Princess Elizabeth wins at swimming
Princess Elizabeth (born 1926), later to be Queen Elizabeth II. Here, aged 13, she is participating in a swimming race at the Bath Club. She won the over-nines challenge shield

Caricature illustration by G F Studdy, of dog on leash and boy being tipped out of bath tub with water. Captioned, The Swimming Lesson'

William Freshman and Marguerite Allan in Widecombe Fair
William Freshman and Marguerite Allan in British International Pictures film, Widecombe Fair Date: 1929

A quaint street view in the village of Chipstead
Chipstead is near Sevenoaks in Kent. Nearby is a large lake created by gravel extraction. It is now used for swimming and sailing. Date: circa 1920

Children campaigning against education cuts, Sussex, May 1981. Their placards read: No Art, No Music = No Joy, The Unkindest Cuts, Keep Nursery School, and Save School Swimming. Date: 1981

Page of fashion adverts - June 1921
Page of four fashion adverts for womenand children's clothing, from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, June 1921

Prepare for the Holidays by William Heath Robinson
A man learning how to swim without water by correspondence from a college by letter. Date: 1919

Christmas Morning Swimming Handicap in Serpentine 1906
Various scenes of the annual competition at Serpentine lake at Hyde Park, London on Christmas day morning. Date: 1906

A shoal of red trumpet fish, with their long noses, swimming through the water. Date: 1915

Fashionable young men and women enjoy the relaxed ambience of the swimming pool at Molitor, Paris. Date: 1932

Captain Matthew WEBB (1848 - 1883), who on 24 August 1875 was the first person to swim the English Channel Date: 1875

Two women taking their children for an early morning slash in the sea in Trouville. Date: August 1905

Comic postcard, Man with ducklings on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple in the sea - A Hearty Greeting Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple at the seaside - sandy bottom Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little girl on the beach with bucket and spade Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl on the beach with ice creams Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl on the beach - wait till you get in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy running out of the sea for dinner Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again, from sea to tub Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, in the sea, then home again, doing the washing Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Woman on holiday, then home again - Make the most of it (in English and French) Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple, Daily Dozen on holiday Date: 20th century

Lord Inverclyde presenting the McKenzie Cup for the ladies swimming race at the Glasgow South Side Ladies Gala at the Govanhill Baths

The 50 yards Swimming Championships of Scotland. Mrs Jean McDowell of the Warrender Club, Edinburgh receives The McKenzie Cup at the Calder Street Baths, Glasgow. Date: 1930

Comic postcard, Large woman lying on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Mixed bathing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman swimming in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman diving into the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman sliding into the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Little boy and girl in the sea - Do It Now Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump man writing a postcard on the beach and smoking a cigar Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple leapfrogging on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman paddling in the moonlight Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Plump couple on the beach Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit in the sea - arthritis Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman in red swimsuit at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman falling off a cliff onto a man paddling in the sea Date: 20th century

Comic postcard - plump man on the beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949

Comic postcard - plump woman on beach - I Can t See My Little Charlie Date: circa 1949

Comic postcard, Seaside scenes and railway ticket Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man and woman on the beach Date: 20th century

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