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Subiaco Museum > Records

PHOTOGRAPH (COPY): NEDLANDS BATHS, ROSALIE SCHOOL SWIMMING LESSONS, 1925

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1925

Overview

Black and white photograph
Front: Rosalie School swimming lessons at Nedlands Baths featuring girls in bathing costumes and caps in the various stages of a swimming lesson. Some are in the water, others on the wooden steps and platform. One adult woman in a white dress and hat is standing next to steps. Behind the platform is a row of changing cubicles. The baths were situated on the foreshore of the Swan River at Nedlands, and had open wooden paling fences around the perimeter
Reverse: Handwritten note on a duplicate copy: 'Nedlands Baths, Rosalie Primary School, swimming lessons 1925'

Historical information

Girls in bathing costumes from Rosalie School swimming lessons at Nedlands Baths .
The museum holds original negative and photograph

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-1985.89

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

140 mm

Keywords

Rosalie Primary School

Do All The Things!

Year

1925

Statement of significance

local and social history
Historic: Representativeness: Social:

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

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