Summer swimming in New York (1909)

Categories: 1900s, Sports, Summer
Tags: , , ,

Summer swimming in NYC

Gotham’s youth are fortunate in the number of opportunities for swimming which the city’s configuration presents. Many a graceful and expert diver is developed along our dirty waterfront who never has a chance to win fame or publicity in the swimming contests of the great athletic clubs. (Click on the page image below to see a larger version.)

Captions:

“Come on in, the water’s fine!”

The start of a race.

A fancy “stunt.”

“Hey, boys, the cops!”


You might also like...

Share this





273911_iMemories - 468x60273911_First One's On Us Coupon Code: IMEMFIRST

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

*

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

More in new york, nyc, swimming
Loop the Loop-Coney Island
Roller coasters of the early 20th century

Roller coasters in New York Coney Island, New York: Loop the Loop (1903) Coney Island, New York: Flip Flap (c1900) Coney...

Close