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Swimming the Channel

The Catalogue

The following list is the initial catalogue of the picture collection relating to Channel Swimming held by Dover Museum. It currently does not include the recent acquisition of material relating to Kellingley and Corson.

Further information will be added as research is carried out, and the museum expands its collection.

Description

Date

Artist/maker

Database ref.

The Channel Quadrilles sheet music

 

Maguire, H. C. (litho.) ; Pridham, J. (songwriter)

d02282

Channel Swimmer

   

d02826

Marilyn Bell (?)

   

d02828

Channel Swimmer

   

d02829

Sam Rockett, swimmer

   

d02830

Florence Chadwick, swimmer

   

d02831

Florence Chadwick, swimmer

   

d02832

Florence Chadwick, swimmer

   

d02833

Florence Chadwick, swimmer

   

d02834

Channel Swimmer

   

d02837

Webb's Autograph

   

d04654

J. Burwill on Prince of Wales Pier

   

d05157

Jack Burwill and Wife ( 'Pop' Burwill's Parents)

   

d05158

Jabez Wolffe - Channel Swimmer

   

d07366

Jabez Wollfe

   

d08737

Channel Swimmer

   

d09567

Cross Channel Swimmer (Sullivan?)

 

Whorwell, Bench Street, Dover

d09621

Mathew Webb mid channel

   

d11201

Jabez Wolfe's trainer William Brickett with young swimmer Jack Mace

   

d11907

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe and crew leaving Calais Harbour.

   

d11935

Captain Webb Memorial

 

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d12001

Captain Webb Memorial

 

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d12002

Postcard portrait of Capt. Webb

   

d12006

Report about the Captain Webb Memorial Fund

 

Sporting Life, The

d12007

Captain Webb Memorial Statue

 

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d12008

Captain Webb Memorial Fountain, Dawley

 

Allcock, W. S. , Photo., Ironbridge, Shropshire.

d12009

Channel swimmer, possibly Montague Holbein.

   

d11985

Captain Webb Memorial Fountain, Dawley

 

Allcock, W. S. , Photo., Ironbridge, Shropshire.

d12010

Captain Webb Memorial Fountain, Dawley

   

d12011

Captain Webb Memorial Statue

 

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d12014

Portrait of George F.D. Ward

   

d12017

Swimmer Charles W. Baker

   

d12026

Dover Express editor, Mr. J. Bavington Jones

   

d12025

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

   

d12033

Two swimmers in the Channel

   

d12034

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

   

d12037

Portrait of T.W. Burgess

 

Jewry, Photographer, Deal.

d12038

Portrait of T.W. Burgess

   

d12041

Channel swim support team

   

d12056

Swimmer Tom Blower

 

Cavell, Norman, Deal.

d12068

E.T. Jones, Champion Swimmer

   

d12069

Captain Matthew Webb

   

d12070

Channel swimmer, Beaupaire

   

d12074

Channel Swimmer, Fred Kitchen

   

d12075

Swimmer Lord Horton (or Norton)

   

d12081

Channel Swimmer, relaxing.

   

d12085

Unknown swimmer

   

d12086

Three swimmers, including Omer Perrault

   

d12088

Unknown Channel Swimmer

   

d12089

Men (poss. Channel swim team) in boat

 

Planet News Ltd. (United Press Photos), 3 Johnsons Court, London EC4.

d12090

The Alexander Channel Cup

   

d12091

Channel swimmer Jabez Wolffe

   

d13112

Sunny Lowry's pilot, Captiane Louis Courthes

   

d13069

Jack Decent, one of Capt Webb's Crew

   

d13910

Sunny Lowry, cross channel swimmer

   

d13961

Harry Clasper of Newcastle-on-Tyne, newspaper cutting.

1858/10

Werge, J., Glasgow, Pho.

d12077

Channel swim newspaper cutting re: J.B. Johnson

1872/09/07

Graphic, The

d12076

Boyton swims Channel

1875

 

d00060

Captain Matthew Webb

1875/08/24

Weston, Lambert and Son, Maclure and Macdonald, London; Dover Standard, The

d02782

Webb Landing

1875/09/04

Illustrated London News, The

d01625

Captain Webb's Channel Swim

1875/09/04

 

d04655

Portrait of Captain Webb

1875/09/04

Illustrated London News, The

d12020

Cartoon Portrait of Capt. Matthew Webb

1875/10/09

Apey, cartoonist; Vincent Brooks Day and Son, Lith.

d12018

Captain Matthew Webb, drowning at Niagara Rapids

1883

 

d12012

Illustrated Capt. Webb obituary

1883/08/04

Graphic, The; Elliot and Fry, photographers; Mr. W.S. Friend, artist.

d12019

Channel swimmer, possibly Montague Holbein or T.W. Burgess

1901 - 1911, between

 

d12079

Channel Swimmer Montague Holbein

1901/08/24

 

d11989

Montague Holbein's support boat.

1901/08/24

 

d11993

Montague Holbein during cross Channel swim.

1901/08/24

 

d11995

Members of Holbein's support team

1901/08/24

 

d11997

Channel Swimmer being greased

1902

 

d06587

Channel Swimmer Montague Holbein being helped onto a support tug.

1902/08/27

 

d11972

Supporters of Channel swimmer Montague Holbein

1902/08/27

 

d11992

'The Tatler' featuring Montague Holbein

1902/09/03

Tatler, The, Great New Street, London

d11998

The Attempt to Swim the Channel: 'Black and White' featuring Montague Holbein

1902/09/06

Black and White

d11999

Jabez Wollfe

1903 - 1916, between

 

d08734

Two Channel Swimmers with support boats

1904

 

d12035

Channel Swimmer Montague Holbein and team

1904/08/20

 

d11990

Montague Holbein commencing a cross channel swim.

1904/08/20

 

d11994

T.W. Burgess and his support team

1904/09/07

Dover Standard, The

d13039

Channel swimmer, Heaton

1905, circa

 

d12073

Crew of French tug 'Champion', who accompanied Jabez Wolfe during his cross chsnnel swim

1906/06/18

 

d11922

Jabez Wolffe in the Channel

1906/07/18

 

d08493

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe after first cross-channel swimming attempt

1906/07/18

 

d11900

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe with team on Dover Beach, Promenade Pier in background

1906/07/18

Halftones Limited, 17 Fleet Street, London

d11901

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe with Trainer William Brickett (centre) and friends.

1906/07/18

 

d11903

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe on Dover beach

1906/07/18

Halftones Limited, 17 Fleet Street, London

d11917

Jabez Wolfe's supporters watching from the boat.

1906/07/18

 

d11924

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe's support boats.

1906/07/18

 

d11930

Jabez Wolfe being fed by his trainer William Brickett during channel swim.

1906/07/18

 

d11941

Watching channel swimmer (Wolffe?) aboard 'Sea Wolf'

1906/07/22

 

d08499

Channel swimmer, Jabez Wolffe

1906/07/22

 

d08489

Channel Swimmers (Stearne and Wolffe?) being fed in rough water

1906/07/22

 

d08498

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe with his team Aboard support boat the 'Sea Wolf'

1906/07/22

 

d11902

Jabez Wolfe and another channel swimmer.

1906/07/22

 

d11904

Channel Swimmer, Moses diving into channel.

1906/07/22

 

d11928

Jabez Wolfe and another swimmer feeding mid-channel.

1906/07/22

 

d11932

Channel swimmer (Wolfe?) with crew in channel.

1906/07/22

 

d11938

Channel Swimmers (Wolfe and ?)

1906/07/22

 

d11939

Channel Swimmer, Horace Mew

1906/07/24

 

d12083

Channel Swimmer T.W. Burgess with his team

1906/08/18

 

d12028

Jabez Wolfe's party drink a toast aboard the 'Sea Wolf'

1907

 

d11937

Aboard Jabez Wolfe's tug with a dog

1907, circa

 

d11913

On board ship, during channel swim attempt of Jabez Wolffe. Picture shows Pipe Major Nicholls keeping stroke rate with bagpipes.

1907/07/22

 

d08490

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe being fed by his trainer W. Brickett

1907/07/22

 

d08491

Channel swimmer Jabez Wolfe and the crew of the 'Sea Wolf'

1907/07/22

 

d11908

Wolfe's support boat, the 'Sea Wolf'

1907/07/22

 

d11910

Jabez Wolfe and other Channel swimmers

1907/07/22

 

d11916

Channel Swimmers Wolfe and Moses feeding mid-channel.

1907/07/22

 

d11929

Jabez Wolfe swimming the channel.

1907/07/22

 

d11931

Jabez Wolfe's crew pose for photographs aboard the 'Sea Wolf'

1907/07/22

 

d11936

Channel Swimmers Wolfe and Moses.

1907/07/22

 

d11940

The South Foreland, taken during Jabez Wolfe's channel swim.

1907/07/22

 

d11943

Jabez Wolfe with 1907 Channel swimming relay team

1907/08/20

 

d11911

Channel swimmers Stearne and Wolfe at South Foreland

1907/08/31

 

d09625

Channel swimmers, Stearne and Wolffe

1907/08/31

 

d08492

Channel Swimmers, Wolfe and another.

1907/08/31

 

d11909

Jabez Wolfe in channel with support boats

1907/08/31

 

d11919

Three Channel Swimmers, including Wolfe and Stearne with suppport boat alongside.

1907/08/31

 

d11927

Three channel swimmers, including Wolfe and Stearne.

1907/08/31

 

d11933

Channel swimmer, Stearne.

1907/08/31

 

d11934

Channel swimmer Stearne feeding during swim.

1907/08/31

 

d11942

Channel swimmers, Stearne and Wolffe ready to attempt crossing at South Foreland

1907/09/16

 

d08494

Postcard Commemorating Captain Webb's Cross Channel Swim

1908/08/24

Morning Leader, The

d12003

Channel Swimmer.

1909

 

d11973

Metropole Hotel and High Street, Dover

1909

 

d12023

Captain Webb memorial, 2' scale model

1909, circa

Doyle-Jones, F.W.

d02778

Boatman Charley Cole with Dover Seafront in background.

1909/08

 

d11987

Channel Swimmer, Montague Holbein and his boatman Charley Cole on Marine Parade, Dover.

1909/08/10

 

d11986

Channel Swimmer with support boat in Channel.

1909/08/11

 

d11974

Channel Swimmer, Montague Holbein at Cape Griz Nez.

1909/08/11

 

d11975

Channel Swimmer Montague Holbein with support boat at Cape Griz Nez.

1909/08/11

 

d11976

A Channel Swimmer's support team.

1909/08/11

 

d11979

A Channel Swimmer's support team leaving Dover.

1909/08/11

 

d11980

A Channel Swimmer's support team.

1909/08/11

 

d11982

A Channel swimmer and his team off Cape Griz Nez.

1909/08/11

 

d11983

A Channel Swimmer and team at Cape Griz Nez.

1909/08/11

 

d11984

Channel Swimmers M. Holbein and T. Burgess

1909/08/11

 

d11996

A Channel Swimmer's support team on board a tug.

1909/08/12

 

d11977

Channel Swimmer Holbein being helped out of water.

1909/08/12

 

d11978

Captain Payne

1909/08/12

 

d11981

Channel swimmer and team, mid-channel.

1909/08/12

 

d11988

Members of Montague Holbein's support team.

1909/08/12

 

d11991

Jabez Wolfe's support boat the 'Sea Wolf' in Shoreham Harbour

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11905

Aboard Jabez Wolfe's tug 'Champion', with a fish.

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11914

Aboard Jabez Wolfe's tug 'Champion'

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11915

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe with two gentlemen on Brighton Pier

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11918

Jabez Wolfe being fed mid-channel

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11920

Jabez Wolfe swimming alongside French tug 'Champion'

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11921

Channel swimmer Jabez Wolfe (just visible) swimming alongside crew with view of cliffs in the background.

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11923

Jabez Wolfe and team boarding The support boat at Calais

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11925

Two members of Jabez Wolfe's team

1910 - 1913, between

 

d11926

Memorial Statue to Captain Webb (model of)

1910, circa

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d12000

Captain Webb memorial

1910/06/08

Doyle-Jones, F. W.

d02775

Invitation to unveiling of Capt. Webb memorial

1910/06/08

 

d12013

Unveiling the Captain Webb Memorial statue

1910/06/11

Dover Chronicle, The; Whorwell, J. G. and Son, Bench Street, Dover.

d12022

Channel swimmer, Jabez Wolfe prepared to start crossing from Cape Gris Nez

1910/07/31

 

d08496

Jabez Wolffe in the Channel

1910-1913, between

 

d08495

Jabez Wollfe entering the water

1911

 

d08735

Feeding J. Wollfe in the water from rowboat 'Tranquille'

1911

 

d08736

Jabez Wollfe and party ( with a donkey) at Sandgatte

1911

 

d08738

Jabez Wollfe and Party at Sandgatte

1911

 

d08739

Jabez Wollfe Planning a Swim

1911

 

d08740

Jabez Wollfe in Training

1911

 

d08741

Jabez Wolffe at Sangatte before a Channel swim attempt

1911

 

d08742

Channel swimmer Jabez Wolfe (polo neck and jacket) and team in Calais Harbour

1911

 

d11906

Channel Swimmer Jabez Wolfe changing goggles

1911

 

d11912

Channel Swimmer T.W. Burgess at Capt. Webb Memorial

1911

Doyle-Jones, F. W. ; J.G. Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover.

d12015

The Metropole Hotel, High Street, Dover.

1911

 

d12024

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess nearing France

1911

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12030

Portrait of W.H. Wyborn

1911

Sawyer, W. A., Westfield, Walmer.

d12042

T.W. Burgess and support team

1911

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12044

T.W. Burgess with support boat

1911

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12047

T.W. Burgess and group

1911

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12049

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12057

Cutting of Channel Swimmer

1911, circa

Daily Graphic, The

d12039

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911, circa

 

d13032

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess with his team

1911, circa

 

d13034

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911, circa

 

d13036

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess, being fed

1911, circa

 

d13038

Telegram to T.W. Burgess

1911/09

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12040

T.W. Burgess at Dover Regatta

1911/09

 

d12046

Burgess channel swim

1911/09/06

 

d08485

Burgess channel swim, having chicken

1911/09/06

Whorwell, Dover

d08486

Burgess swimming the channel

1911/09/06

Whorwell, Dover

d08487

Burgess swimming the channel, taking a drink.

1911/09/06

Whorwell, Dover

d08488

Channel Swimmer T.W. Burgess, being fed.

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12029

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12031

T.W. Burgess and another swimmer wading ashore.

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12032

T.W. Burgess and support team

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12036

T.W. Burgess with support team

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street Dover

d12045

T.W. Burgess and pace swimmer

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12048

T.W. Burgess souvenir

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12050

Portrait of T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12051

T.W. Burgess swimming the Channel

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12052

T.W. Burgess with his supporters and friends.

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12053

T.W. Burgess with trophy

1911/09/06

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12055

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell, J.G. and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d13031

Channel Swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell, J.G. and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d13033

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell, J.G. and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d13035

Channel swimmer T.W. Burgess

1911/09/06

Whorwell, J.G. and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d13037

Autograph of T.W. Burgess

1911/09/07

 

d12043

Declaration of Burgess' channel swim

1911/09/11

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12054

The 12 men who accompanied Burgess on his Channel Swim

1911/09/16

Dover Chronicle , A.H. Whorwell, Dover

d07311

Channel swimmer, Omer Perrault

1922, circa

 

d12078

Sullivan, Channel Swim winner

1923

 

d02780

Channel Swimmer, Sullivan and team at Calais

1923

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12058

Four Channel swimmers

1923

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12059

Channel swimmer, Marceil

1923

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12062

Channel Swimmer, possibly Marceil

1923

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12067

Portrait of Channel swimmer, Sullivan

1923, circa

Amos and Amos, Dover

d12060

Channel Swimmers' support tug, 'Champion'

1923, circa

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12065

Henry Sullivan, Channel Swim

1923/08/04

Whorwell, Bench Street, Dover

d02779

Street Party, celebrating channel swim by Sullivan - Signed by Henry F. Sullivan

1923/08/05 and 06

 

d07350

Channel swimmer, Tiraboschi, off Shakespeare beach

1923/08/12

Whorwell, Bench Street, Dover

d09626

Crowd gathered on Shakespeare beach, watching Channel Swimmer, Tiraboschi

1923/08/12

Whorwell, Bench Street, Dover

d08497

Four Channel Swimmers

1923/08/12

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12061

Channel swimmers, Marceil and Tiraboschi

1923/08/12

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12063

Swimmer Tiraboschi mid-Channel, with support boat.

1923/08/12

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12064

Successful Channel swimmer, Tiraboschi

1923/08/12

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12066

Death of 'The Last Survivor'

1924/09/17

Westminster Gazette, The

d12027

Jubilee of Captain Webb's swim

1925/08

Whorwell, Bench Street, Dover.

d12016

Captain Webb Jubilee memorial ceremony

1925/08

 

d12021

Invitation to Capt. Webb Memorial Ceremony

1925/08/25

 

d12004

Captain Webb Jubilee Memorial Ceremony

1925/08/25

 

d12005

Channel Swimmer M.C. Corson

1926/08/28

Whorwell and Son, Bench Street, Dover

d12080

Egyptian Channel Swimmer Ishak Helmi

1928/08/31

 

d12084

Sunny Lowry, signing autographs, Birchington

1932

 

d11762

Sunny Lowry training at Hove with Mr and Mrs Wolffe

1932

 

d11763

Sunny Lowry shows off her muscles

1932

 

d13052

Sunny Lowry in training, Dover

1932

 

d13053

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1932

 

d13054

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1932

 

d13071

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry, 'Still Sunny'

1932

 

d13092

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry, on the beach

1932

 

d13096

Sunny Lowry exercising at Minnis Bay

1932

 

d13099

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe, Birchington

1932

 

d13100

Sunny Lowry training with Jabez Wolffe

1932

 

d13101

Sunny Lowry's training quarters, Birchington

1932

 

d13103

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe playing dominoes

1932

 

d13118

Sunny Lowry leaving Victoria Station for Brighton

1932/03

 

d13086

Sunny Lowry training in Hove with Jabez Wolffe

1932/03

 

d13088

Sunny Lowry training in Hove

1932/03

 

d13089

Sunny Lowry training in Hove

1932/03

 

d13090

Sunny Lowry training in Hove

1932/03

 

d13091

Sunny Lowry training with Wolffe, Brighton

1932/03

 

d13117

Sunny Lowry in training

1932/03/15

 

d13059

Sunny Lowry in training

1932/03/15

 

d13085

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe, Swimming practice, Brighton baths

1932/03/17

 

d11767

Flying Sunny Lowry's Flag

1932/04

 

d13087

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1932/04

 

d13095

Sunny Lowry with the Wolffes

1932/04

 

d13108

Sunny Lowry in training, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13109

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe training, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13110

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe Training, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13111

Sunny Lowry, practice swim, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13113

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13114

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe's wife, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13115

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe, Cliftonville

1932/04

 

d13116

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe on Dover Beach

1932/07

 

d13119

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1932/08/10

 

d13042

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1932/08/11

 

d13070

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1932/08/19

 

d13055

Sunny Lowry having breakfast

1932/08/19

 

d13056

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry, with parents

1932/10

 

d13041

Sunny Lowry leaving for Brighton

1932/10/15

 

d13057

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolfe, 1933

1933

 

d11761

Sunny Lowry's Success

1933

 

d13043

Sunny Lowry with her Mother

1933

 

d13046

Sunny Lowry at Manchester Hippodrome

1933

 

d13048

Sunny Lowry landing at Folkestone

1933

 

d13049

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1933

 

d13050

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933

 

d13051

Sunny Lowry on tour, Scarborough

1933

 

d13058

Sunny Lowry opening Norden Baths, Rochdale

1933

 

d13060

Captiane Louis Courthes

1933

Caron, E. H., Boulogne-Sur-Mer

d13068

Dover Harbour

1933

 

d13082

Sunny Lowry and Jabez Wolffe

1933

 

d13094

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933

 

d13097

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry, 'Feeling Fit'

1933

 

d13098

Sunny Lowry with Jabez Wolffe, greasing up

1933

 

d13121

Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933, circa

 

d13062

Sunny Lowry swimming the Channel

1933/08

 

d13120

Sunny Lowry's third attempt

1933/08/28

 

d13072

Sunny Lowry's witnesses, 3rd attempt

1933/08/28

 

d13073

Sunny Lowry's pilot boat 'Isabelle'

1933/08/28

 

d13074

French witnesses to Sunny Lowry's 3rd attempt

1933/08/28

 

d13075

Sunny Lowry's 3rd attempt - leaving Cap Gris Nez

1933/08/28

 

d13076

Sunny Lowry nearing the English coast

1933/08/28

 

d13077

Sunny Lowry's third attempt

1933/08/28

 

d13079

Sunny Lowry's Piper keeping the pace

1933/08/28

 

d13080

Sunny Lowry swimming the Channel

1933/08/28

 

d13081

Sunny Lowry swimming the Channel

1933/08/28

 

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Sunny Lowry's third attempt

1933/08/28

 

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Sunny Lowry's successful Channel swim

1933/08/28

 

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Sunny Lowry leaving Cap Gris Nez, 6.36 pm

1933/08/28

 

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Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933/08/29

 

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Sunny Lowry swimming the Channel

1933/08/29

 

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Sunny Lowry at St. Margarets Bay

1933/08/29

 

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Sunny Lowry's success

1933/08/29

 

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Sunny Lowry landing St. Margarets Bay 10.17am

1933/08/29

 

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Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933/08/29

 

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Channel swimmer Sunny Lowry

1933/08/29

 

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Eugene's Mermaids

1934

 

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Eugene's Mermaids

1934

 

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Eugene's Mermaids

1934

 

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Eugene's Mermaids

1934

 

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Folkestone Swimming Club Pool

1947

 

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A scrap book of swimming cuttings

1947 -1948, between

 

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Folkestone Swimming Club Dinner

1948

 

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Presentations, Folkestone Swimming Club Dinner

1948

 

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Presentations, Folkestone Swimming Club Dinner

1948

 

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Philip Mickman, with J. Burwill. East Cliff

1949

 

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Diving Champion Marion Earll

1949

 

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Channel swim competitors

1949

 

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Major Thomas and two young swimmers

1949

 

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Major Thomas and Marion Earll

1949

 

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Young swimmer Marion Earll

1949

 

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A swimming class

1950

 

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Diving instruction

1950

 

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Major Thomas and Tina Pierce

1950

 

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Channel swimmer, Carlos Artuz

1950

 

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Argentinian Channel Swimmers

1950

 

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Channel Swimmer Sam Rockett

1950

 

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Channel swimmer Willy Van Rysel

1950

 

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Guatemalan Channel swimmers

1950

 

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Folkestone Swimming Club

1950

 

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Wedding of a Channel swimmer

1950

 

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Argentinian Channel Swimmers

1950

 

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Channel Swimmer Florence Chadwick, with friends.

1950, circa

 

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The Daily Mail Cross Channel Race

1950/08/22

 

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Florence Chadwick

1951

 

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'Daily Mail' Cross Channel Swim

1951

Daily Mail, The

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Channel swimming scrap book

1951

Thomas, C.E.

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Channel swimmer Daniel Carpio

1951

 

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Young swimmer Tina Pierce

1951

 

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Young swimmer Tina Pierce

1951

 

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Channel swimmer Sally Bauer

1951

 

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Channel swimmer Godfrey Chapman

1951

 

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Daily Mail Cross Channel Race

1951

 

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A group of female Channel swimmers

1951

 

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Group of swimmers

1951

 

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Butlins International Channel Swim

1954

 

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Marilyn Bell

1955

 

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Bill Pickering & Pilot

1955

 

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Marilyn Bell, trainer & Pilot

1955

 

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Plan of Channel Swimmers' Routes

1956

Dover Express, The

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Channel swimmer, Dennis Pearson

1959/07/14

 

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Fred Baldasare's guiding device

1962/07

 

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Capt. Webb Centenary

1975/08/20

 

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Channel swim report - Richard Charlesworth

1982/07/15

Channel Swimming Association

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Channel swim log - Richard Charlesworth

1982/07/15

Channel Swimming Association

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Richard Charlesworth cutting

1982/07/15

 

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Channel swimmer Richard Charlesworth

1982/07/15

 

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Sunny Lowry with the Sunny Lowry cup

1983, circa

 

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