#vintage swimming

[lovelyangryheart]

Aussie champs Murray Rose, Jon Henricks and John Devitt, 1955

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Joan Desborough readies herself for a dive, Starlight Park, the Bronx, 1920s. Opened in 1918, Starlight Park had everything Coney had: bathing pavilions, a shooting gallery, a 15,000-seat stadium for the circus and other events, even a roller coaster. “It had a big swimming pool with a sort of observation veranda alongside, a sandy ‘beach’ and lockers by the day or season,” said a letter to the NY Times in 1995. The park even sponsored a little culture for the masses, in the form of opera and big band shows. The stadium was home to the New York Giants soccer team, and a popular venue for amateur boxing and auto races. It closed in 1932.

Photo: Library of Congress via Shorpy

[mypastnow]

Swimmer accepting a prize, 1941, Sweden.

[vintage-tigre]

[steven-myself]

the higher the hair, the closer to God - Hamidou Banor by Baldovino Barani x FACTORY Fanzine

[vintagehomecollection]

Beyond the swimming pool and light screen of vegetation, islands of rock arise from the sea like great leviathans.

Celebrity Homes II, 1981

[xuperjr]

[yesterdaysprint]

Judge magazine, February 26, 1927

[numnum-num]

"Mae West and her troupe of musclemen" - Mae West was born 1893 and died 1980. In her last movie "Sextet" from 1977 she played a 28 years old woman.

[lovelyangryheart]

[gatabella]

Lauren Bacall, with her husband, Humphrey Bogart relaxes near their pool. In the late afternoon, after a day's work on Warner Brothers' Key Largo, The Look likes to change into a comfortable, cool and slightly formal patio dress. The one she wears now is a two-piece, ankle-length, rayon shantung with a brown and black Oriental print. The snug bra top buttons in the front and has a large cocealing collar. Blair dress, Joseff jewelry. Photos by John Engstead, 1947

[vintagecamping]

1973 Ontario Provincial Park pass

Canada

[vintage-tigre]

[4skinnydipping]

[vintageadsmakemehappy]

1951 Jantzen Sun Clothes

[misforgotten2]

I know, the chlorine taste is a little off putting.

Life - January 17th 1944