Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.
Source: Library of Congres

Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.

Source: Library of Congres

Magnús Ólafsson, Women’s swimming lesson in Laugardalur in Reykjavík. Standing by are the teacher Ingibjörg Brandsdóttir and other women, Iceland, 1909.
Source: The Reykjavík Museum of Photography

Magnús Ólafsson, Women’s swimming lesson in Laugardalur in Reykjavík. Standing by are the teacher Ingibjörg Brandsdóttir and other women, Iceland, 1909.

Source: The Reykjavík Museum of Photography


Sam Hood, Presbyterian Ladies College, Fete, Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, March 1948.
Source: State Library of New South Wales

Sam Hood, Presbyterian Ladies College, Fete, Croydon, New South Wales, Australia, March 1948.

Source: State Library of New South Wales

Unidentified women float in a swimming pool, Florida, 1950s.
Source: Florida Memory, Department of Commerce collection

Unidentified women float in a swimming pool, Florida, 1950s.

Source: Florida Memory, Department of Commerce collection

John Dominis, School children playing on a “Mexico 68” Olympic logo beside a swimming pool, Mexico City, Mexico, 1967.

John Dominis, School children playing on a “Mexico 68” Olympic logo beside a swimming pool, Mexico City, Mexico, 1967.

Frank William Micklethwaite, Swimmers in the pool, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1905.
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Frank William Micklethwaite, Swimmers in the pool, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1905.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Myron Davies, August 1942.

Myron Davies, August 1942.

Young women at the opening of the Sahara Hotel and Casino swimming pool. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1953.

Young women at the opening of the Sahara Hotel and Casino swimming pool. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1953.

Young women at the opening of the Sahara Hotel and Casino swimming pool. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1953.

Young women at the opening of the Sahara Hotel and Casino swimming pool. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1953.

Photograph by Ed Clark. Miami, Florida, USA, 1945.

Photograph by Ed Clark. Miami, Florida, USA, 1945.