Swimming Collection (page 5)

Swimming Club at The Lido, St Helier, Jersey, c. 1930s
A GWR publicity view of holidaymakers at the Havre Des Pas bathing pool and lido, St Helier on Jersey in the Channel Islands, taken in the 1930s

Puffin (Fratercula arctica) swimming underwater, Farne Islands, Northumberland, UK, July

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) just under surface, off Shetland, Scotland, UK. First ever underwater images of humpbacks in British waters

Beautiful Ksamil beach, Vlore, Ionian sea, Albania, Balkans, Europe
sand, parasol, summer, swimming, fun, blue, green color, rock - object, , Marius Roman Travel Photography, 1133596257

Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) near surface. Pico Island, Azores, Portugal. May

Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) swimming into a fresh water spring, Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA

Head close up of Black labrador retriever dog (field type) swimming in pond with autumn reflections, Rhode Island, USA

Moose (Alces alces) bull swimming in water, Baxter State Park, Maine, USA

Black-throated Diver (Gavia arctica) Rokua, Finland, May

A male Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) carrying eggs. Wool Bay, Edithburgh, South Australia, Gulf of St Vincent, November

Picture No. 12020840
Meerkat at swimming pool with unicorn inflatable and cool glasses. Digital manipulation Date:

Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer, 1926. On 6 August 1926 Ederle (1905-2003) became the first woman to swim across the English Channel, which she achieved in a time of 14 hours and 30 minutes

The swimming bath, Royal Navy training establishment, Shotley, Suffolk, 1936. Known within the service as HMS Ganges, Shotley was Britains largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until

Portrait of US swimmer Johnny Weissmuller
Undated portrait of US swimmer Johnny Weissmuller. Johnny Weissmuller was one of the worlds best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal

Kynance Cove, Landewednack, Cornwall. 1925
A group of men and women bathing in the sea at Kynance. Photographer: Unknown

Megaptera novaeangliae, Humpback Whale, side view

Common Merganser duck in water

Koi carps feeding frenzy, TongLi, JiangSu, China
Koi carps in TuiSi garden

Smooth Trunkfish
Underwater view of Smooth Trunkfish (Lactophrys triqueter} swimming above coral reef in Caribbean Sea

Doryaspis swim amongst a bed of Anthozoa
8-inch-long jawless fish of the genus Doryaspis swim amongst a bed of Anthozoa of the order Actiniaria (AKA sea anemones) 410 million years ago in what is today the Svalbard archipelago in Norway

Yellow rubber duck in water

Dawn Swim
22nd February 1933: A 10 year old boy follows his father into the water at Victoria Park, London for an early morning swim

Bournville Swimming Baths
The mens swimming baths in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Port Sunlight Lido
A noisy scene at Port Sunlight open air swimming pool, with lots of children having fun, Merseyside, England. Date: circa 1960

Group of swimmers on Bognor beach, August 1920
Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office, Ref No: PH 25961/1

Scuba Diver
A scuba diver inside a large metal water tank. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

RHYL LIDO
Children enjoying themselves in the lido next to the pier at Rhyl, Flintshire, north Wales

Wallingford, Oxfordshire, August 1937
A view looking upstream on the Thames from the Wallingford Bridge as the steamer, the MV Oxford, arrives with sightseers. To the right of the image a bathing section can be seen complete with diving

Common toad (Bufo bufo) tadpole swimming seen from below, Belgium, June

Picture No. 12479265
Swimming pool with inflatable flamingo Swimming Date:

Tadpoles of the Common toad (Bufo bufo) swimming seen from below, Belgium, June

Deepsea cirrate octopod {Stauroteuthis syrtensis} 830m, Gulf of Maine, Atlantic

Cycling, Sport, Fun, Travel, 20th century. A print from La Manufacture Francais D Armes et Cycles de Saint-Etienne, French mail order catalog

Picture No. 12010519
Moorhen, Teichralle - adult on water - Germany Date:

Picture No. 12009584
Mandarin Duck - pair - Germany Date:

Picture No. 11992894
Emperor Penguin - chick wearing inflatable unicorn rubber ring and Cool sunglasses Date:

Major Metcalfe, Mrs F. Cripps, and Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
Edward Dudley Metcalfe, MVO, MC, (16 January 1887 18 November 1957), known as Fruity Metcalfe, officer in the British Indian Army, a close friend and equerry of Edward VIII

Woman police officer Annie Matthews, Hyde Park, London
Woman police officer Annie Matthews (nickname Big Ben), on duty at the childrens lido in Hyde Park, London. Before joining the Met Police, Annie worked as a housemaid at Glamis Castle in Scotland

Advertisement poster for Attercliffe Swimming Club 31st Annual Swimming Gala at Attercliffe Baths, 1909
Original at Sheffield Archives (ref. X3/8)

Digital illustration of Moorish Idol (Zanclus cornutus)

Two sea turtles
Close up of two sea turtles in Caribbean, Barbados, West Indies

School of barracuda
A tornado of barracuda, Sphyraena qenie. Photographed off Sipadan island, Sabah, Malaysia

Striped Burrfish on caribbean reef

Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Cenderawasih Bay West Papua Indonesia

Bathing At Southsea
1900: Holidaymakers enjoy mixed bathing at Southsea, in the sea with a line of bathing machines along the shore. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

British soldiers bathing in flooded shell hole by Matania
The only advantage of the wet weather on the Western Front - a novel swimming bath used by British soldiers to bathe in. A scene captured at the front by The Sphere special artist, Fortunino Matania

USA, Hawaii, Big Island, Underwater view of Spinner Dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in Pacific Ocean along Kona Coast

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