Sportsperson taking part in swimming competitions

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Bathers at the banks of the Jordan river, with Achmet Aga, the governor of Jerusalem, with his guards, looking on. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Swimmers, officials and spectators at the Paris Olympics. Photographic postcard by A. Pétin, 1924.

Boys bathing in the river by the playing fields, Eton College, Berkshire. Line engraving by J.T. Willmore after J.D. Harding.

Leap in : a woman, some waves and the will to swim / Alexandra Heminsley.

Turning : a swimming memoir / Jessica J. Lee.

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Swimmers

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Boys bathing in the river by the playing fields, Eton College, Berkshire. Line engraving by J.T. Willmore after J.D. Harding.

Bathers at the banks of the Jordan river, with Achmet Aga, the governor of Jerusalem, with his guards, looking on. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.

Swimmers, officials and spectators at the Paris Olympics. Photographic postcard by A. Pétin, 1924.

Leap in : a woman, some waves and the will to swim / Alexandra Heminsley.

Turning : a swimming memoir / Jessica J. Lee.