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Swimming Costume Collection (page 3)

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: June Rae, c1938

June Rae, c1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Zelma O Neal, American actress, singer, and dancer, c1938

Zelma O Neal, American actress, singer, and dancer, c1938. Zelma O Neal (1903-1989) appeared on Broadway and in early sound films

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Ruth Colman, c1938

Ruth Colman, c1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Irene Hervey, American film actress, c1938

Irene Hervey, American film actress, c1938. Irene Hervey (1909-1998) appeared in numerous films in the 1930s and 1940s. From the 1950s onwards she switched increasingly to television acting

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Myriam Valey, c1938

Myriam Valey, c1938. Cigarette card from Modern Beauties, 3rd series, issued by the British-American Tobacco Company

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Bathing pool, Dinard, Brittany, France, 20th century

Bathing pool, Dinard, Brittany, France, 20th century. Stereoscope Camerascope card detail

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Women bathing, early 20th century(?)

Women bathing, early 20th century(?)

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Sunbathing, Canada, c1930s(?). Artist: Marjorie Bullock

Sunbathing, Canada, c1930s(?). Artist: Marjorie Bullock
Sunbathing, Canada, c1930s(?). Possibly at Chateau Lake Louise on the eastern shore of Lake Louise, near Banff, Alberta. A photograph from an album of Marjorie Bullock, daughter of WE Bullock

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Swimming pool, Balboa, Panama, 1931

Swimming pool, Balboa, Panama, 1931. Balboa is at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. A warship can be seen offshore in the distance

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Two women in swimsuits beside a swimming pool, Balboa, Panama, 1931

Two women in swimsuits beside a swimming pool, Balboa, Panama, 1931. The photograph was taken during a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies between January and March 1931

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Passengers sunbathing on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931

Passengers sunbathing on a Cunard Line cruise to the West Indies, January-March 1931

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Swimming pool on board the RML Atlantis, c1929-c1939(?)

Swimming pool on board the RML Atlantis, c1929-c1939(?). Previously a liner named Andes, the Atlantis was converted into a cruise ship and renamed by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in 1929

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Bathing dress, 1885 (1956)

Bathing dress, 1885 (1956). From Sylvias Home Journal. A print from Things, a volume about the origin and early history of many things, common and less common, essential and inessential

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Advert for McCallum dyed colours, 1937

Advert for McCallum dyed colours, 1937. A print from Vogue, 28th April 1937

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: A seaside postcard from Margate, Kent, 20th century

A seaside postcard from Margate, Kent, 20th century

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: The annual Kew to Putney ladies swimming race, London, 1926-1927

The annual Kew to Putney ladies swimming race, London, 1926-1927. From Wonderful London, volume II, edited by Arthur St John Adcock, published by Amalgamated Press (London, 1926-1927)

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Woman diving into a swimming pool, 20th century

Woman diving into a swimming pool, 20th century

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Emil Rausch, Geman swimmer, Olympic Games, St Louis, USA, 1904, (1936)

Emil Rausch, Geman swimmer, Olympic Games, St Louis, USA, 1904, (1936). Rausch won two gold medals, in the 880 yards freestyle and the 1 mile freestyle

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Medallists from the womens platform diving event, Berlin Olympics, 1936

Medallists from the womens platform diving event, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Gold and silver were won by Dorothy Poynton Hill and Velma Dunn of the USA, with Kathe Kohler of Germany winning bronze

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Jeanette Campbell, Argentine swimmer, Berlin Olympics, 1936

Jeanette Campbell, Argentine swimmer, Berlin Olympics, 1936. Campbell won a silver medal in the 100 metres freestyle event

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: The Prince of Wales with friends on a raft, the Riviera, c1930s

The Prince of Wales with friends on a raft, the Riviera, c1930s. The future King Edward VIII enjoys a dip. Illustration from George V and Edward VIII, A Royal Souvenir, by FGH Salusbury

Background imageSwimming Costume Collection: Postcard of a swimmer, c1920s

Postcard of a swimmer, c1920s



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