Bathing Collection (page 100)

Pompeii Bath / Calidarium
A reconstruction of the Calidarium, or hot room from the baths uncovered at Pompeii. Date: 1831

Fitted Bathroom 1903
Example of a fitted bathroom, with tiled walls and porcelain plunge bath, perfecto lavatory etc. taken from Maple & Cos book: Healthy Homes Date: 1903

Bathing Beauty / Sporty
A sporty young woman balancing on a kind of raft towed by a powerboat, and loving every minute of it. Date: 1917

Building Swimming Pool
Clifton Bathing Pool. Men at work under sea level working day and night to have a fresh supply of sea water for the baths over Easter. Date: 1932

Bathing party 1927
A group of young men and women stand around their car in flamboyant swimwear. Date: 1927

Bathing Beauty Vienne 2
She wears a red costume as she lies on the grass by a lake Date: circa 1910

Bathing Beauty Vienne 1
She wears a dark costume as she lies on the grass by a lake Date: circa 1910

Women Bathe at Fountain
Two women, one in transparent drapery, bathe gracefully and bashfully by a fountain. Date: 18th century?

Family Shower / Leech
A family prepare to partake of a shower. The servants fill up the shower head with hot water as the family members don conical hats and towels - some require encouragement! Date: 1850

Dutch Lady Washes Hands
A Dutch lady wearing a satin dress washes her hands in a shallow bowl while her maid pours water from a jug. Date: 17th century

Clean Living Romans
Romans attending to their ablutions

Floating Bath / Iln / 1850
Cordinglys floating bath which appears to be floating in open water. Date: 1850

Bathing in Ganges
Pilgrims bathing in the Ganges Date: 1905

Bath of Turkish Sultan
A Turkish sultan is tended to in his bath by a host of handmaidens Date: 1840

Man in Shower / Punch
A gentlemans shower is interrupted by a maid asking ill-timed questions Date: 1849

Mother Bathes Child / 1929
A mother prepares to bathe her child using the new hot water bath and shower Date: 1929

Bathing Devices / 1900
Advertisement for various bathing devices Date: 1900

CHILDs BATH / 1890 S
Childs bath Date: 1890 s

Dr Melchers Shower Yoke
Advertisement for Dr Melchers Shower Yoke, providing a refreshing shower while the hair stays dry Date: 1903

Bison Bathing
BISON BISON American bison bathing Date: circa 1830

Girls Bathing
Two girls at the seaside - one already in the water, her friend fearful to take the plunge... Date: 1903

Danish Swimmer 1903
A Danish swimmer Date: 1903

Fold-Away Bath Advert
An advertisement for a foldaway bath Date: 1881

Mother Bathes her Child
Mother bathing her baby Date: 19th century

Children at seaside, 1913
Six children and a dog playing at the seaside. Date: circa 1913

Advert for Simpson lastex swimwear 1938
Lastex rules the waves. Two women posing with their swim-suits made from wool lastex. 1938

Swimming suit and bathing dress 1907
Swimming suit and a bathing dress for Trouville. Date: 1907

Roman Baths of Titus
View of the Roman Baths of Titus, public baths or thermae built in Rome by the Emperor Titus in 81 AD. A cross section is shown

Floating swimming bath in the Thames at Charing Cross
View inside the floating swimming bath in the River Thames at Charing Cross, Central London. Date: 1875

Women Bathing / Beham
Women and children in a German bath house are spied on by a man at the window Date: circa 1525

Slix bathing suit, 1938
A slix swim suit in lined oil silk, shirred and draped, never shrinks or sags and telescopically fits all figures. Worn together with a Slix cape in the same fabric. Date: 1938

Young lad sitting on a sandy beach - Summer. Date: circa 1930s

Members of the Aquashow Synchronised Swim Troupe (off-duty) at Bournemouth. Date: 1963

Washing - Equip - 1890
A selection of Toilet Tidies and Bath Requisites circa 1890

Washing / Equip / Soap Disp
A mechanical soap dispenser from Germany Date: 1900

Bathing Cove, Torquay, Devon
Bathing Cove with bathing huts on wheels, Torquay, Devon. 1870s

Sychronised Swimming Team - on Syd Brookes Car
Sychronised Swimming Team (" some of the Water-Babe s" ) - on Syd Brookes (possibly their manager?) Car, East Overcliff Drive, Bournemouth, Dorset, in front of the Chesterwood Hotel

Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - off-duty party
Sychronised Swimming Team, Bournemouth - participants off-duty at Pat & Lizs Party Date: 1962

Female Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - show
Female Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - practising for the show, the final dress rehearsal, involving multiple performers, floats and a large lotus flower. Date: 1961

Synchronised Swimming Team End of Season Artists Ball
Synchronised Swimming Team end of season Artists Ball - Royal Exeter Hotel, Bournemouth, Dorset. Date: 1962

Rhyl, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wales - Open-air pool with scaffold diving platform and stands for a large intended audience. Used for large set-piece synchronised swimming galas and shows Date: 1957

Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth
8-strong mixed (7 men, 1 woman) Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth, Dorset. Date: circa 1965

Aquashow - Sychronised Swimming Show Participants
Aquashow at Rhyl - Sychronised Swimming Show Participants - Princes Water Phantasy in an open air pool (" very cold!!" ) Date: 1957

New York City - Playing card - Coney Island Bathing Scene - King of Hearts. Date: 1900

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Kitsilano Bathing Beach. Date: 1929

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Bathing at English Bay. Date: 1929

Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA
Bathing Beach and buildings at Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, USA. Date: circa 1910

Fun in the Sea at Blankenberge, Belgium - a Belgian coastal town with a long beach and promenade, plus a busy marina. Some very fine bathing hats on show! Date: circa 1910s

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