Swimming Collection (page 9)

Bathing at Brighton, Sussex 1901
Bathing at Brighton, Sussex. Date: 1901

Spanish Conquistadors in North America
A Spanish conquistador waves to the rest of the expedition party from across a large river, which they have been unable to bridge and so must cross through it

The Casino at Dinard, with swimming pool
Impression of the Casino at Dinard, opened in 1928, with its swimming pool right in the centre. Date: 1929

The Lido-Laters by Howard K. Elcock
Fashionable society bathing and lying in the sun at the equally fashionable Venice Lido, under the familiar striped cabanna and parasols. Date: 1929

West Indian Pearl Fishers
A group of West Indian pearl fishers in boats dive for pearl amidst larger galley ships. West Indians and Westerners group on the land behind to trade for the pearls. Date: 1494

Six Little Camping Girls Going Down to Bathe, Wallis Mills
Six girls on a camping trip make a jolly sight as they skip down to the beach in colourful pyjamas to bathe. Date: 1929

The Joys of the Lido - boating and bathing - to say nothing of sun-bathing. An artists celebration of the fashionable Venice Lido in 1926. Date: 1926

Sea Suits for Sunning and Swimming 1931
Clothes for swimming and sunbathings, two leisure preoccupations of the 1930s. The gaily coloured outfit on the left in striped blue and white heavy cotton has braces to the trousers

The new lido at Baden
View of the Lido was built at Baden in the 1920s, sixteen miles from Vienna, to attract more visitors. Vast quantities of sand were imported in trucks

Bathers at Baden
Bathers enjoying the seaside life at landlocked Baden, renowned for its thermal springs. A Lido was built in the 1920s, sixteen miles from Vienna, to attract more visitors

Margaret Morris dancers at Cap D Antibes
Margaret Morris dancers enjoying the swimming pool at the Cap D Antibes. Morris had her summer school at Antibes, an environment ideal for the outdoor dancing her movement espoused. Date: 1924

The tractor coach at Deauville takes children down to beach
One of the delights at the fashionable French resort of Deauville - the crowded tractor-coach taking children from their hotels down to the sea to bathe. Date: 1928

Beach fashions for women 1930
Model wearing the latest fashionable beach wear. 1930

Advert for Lillywhites beach fashions 1930
A model wearing three styles for beach wear for summer 1930. 1930

Front cover, Mrs Gray Horton, Tiger-Stripes and Beads
Front cover, Mrs Gray Horton (formerly Gwen Le Bas), Tiger-Stripes and Beads for Swimming, Biarritz, France. Date: September 1933

Front cover, Lady Milbanke, Beauty in a Bathing Cap, on the Riviera, South of France. Date: August 1933

Cartoon, Logic! by Bert Thomas. Daughter to mother: Well, I hardly ever go to bed here. I must take my clothes off sometimes. Date: 1933

Scenes from the Lido in Venice, Italy - riding on horseback in the sea (top left), an illuminated night-time cabaret (bottom left), people on the floating bar (top centre)

Cartoon, The Letter of the Law, by Ghilchick -- One-Piece Bathing Suits Prohibited. Date: 1933

Tatler Cover, Summer Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number with a stylised illustration of a seaside resort in the Edwardian era with bathing beauties being surprised by a lusty looking Neptune in the water. Date: 1954

Kodak photograph wallet
A bathing beauty graces the cover of a Kodak photograph and negatives wallet Date: circa 1920s

Stage effects at Covent Garden for Das Rheingold
Behind the scenes at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden demonstrating how the Rhine maidens are made to swim naturally in Wagners Das Rheingold. Date: 1936

Gibson - different styles in bathing suits - 1900s
Illustration by Charles Dana Gibson showing different styles in bathing suits circa 1907. Date: circa 1907

Studio photo, Brighton bathing belles
Studio photograph of Brighton bathing belles. circa 1918

Womens swimwear 1909
Woman wearing a daring swimming costume for the time, with criss-cross ties to the sides. 1909

Dunlop advertisement - arriving at a summer country club
Advertisement for Dunlop tyres showing smart cars arriving at a country club for the evening. Beyond the cars can be seen an art deco club house

View of Atlantic City, New Jersey
A view of Atlantic City, New Jersey, from the water, with three bathing beauties in swimming costumes doing a spot of sea fishing from the back of a boat in the foreground

Jumbles by Lewis Baumer - Pigs on the Beach and Swimming. 1897

Sunday morning with hop-pickers 1871
Hop picking season in Kent, men, women and children from many distant villages and town of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, East End of London

People bathing, Britannia Beach, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
People bathing at Britannia Beach, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a long pier in the distance. Date: circa 1910

People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968

Pictures to Colour of People You See: The Swimming Instructress. From Teddy Bear (13 July 1968). Date: 1968

Fashionable bathing costume 1911
Woman wearing a soft emerald-green satin decorated with white braid, available from Debenham and Freebody s. Date: 1911

Page of Fashion adverts 1937
Two adverts from Woolands of model wearing a graceful full length Ascot dress, designed in floral organza, patterned in charming shades, petalled frill on bodice and skirt

Swimming pool, Murrieta Hot Springs, California, USA
Outdoor swimming pool, Guenthers Murrieta Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Women paddling in the sea 1906
" Is it fun having the men to teach you to swimming?" " Fun! Why, rather! I ve been taught five times". Date: 1906

French game, International Swimming Championship. early 20th century

Ladies day in the swimming-bath Ladies day in the swimming-bath
Bathing in all weathers: Ladies day in the swimming-bath of a famous London club Date: 1920

Heatwave - girls enjoying a bathe at Victoria Park, London
Bathers enjoying the heatwave of Britains summer, in Victoria Park, London, where the temperature got to 97 fahrenheit. Date: July 1911

SWIMWEAR / BELGIUM 1913
Bathing beauties in polka dot headscarves and clinging one- piece bathing costumes take a stroll in the sea. One costume has side lacing on the legs & a deep V -neck. 1913

A fine study of the West Shore at Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, Wales. Date: 1950s

The distinctive newly built public swimming pool at Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales. Date: 1960s

Three women wearing braided bathing frocks suitable for the summer months, available from Swan & Edgar s, department store. Date: 1909

Children wearing Swimeesy Buoy, invented two before in 1907. Date: 1909

Three Bathing Beauties
1905

Casablanca, Morocco - Water Slide at the Swimming Pool
circa 1910s

Somerleyton Hall, near Lowestoft - Cups won by Sir Savile Crossley and his sons for boxing, hurdle-racing, swimming, rowing and running. Date: 1905

Barnacle Geese Date: 1835

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