Historical information

James Blake taught swimming to locals in early 1900s

Significance

Historical

Physical description

Large sepia photo of 6 women in bathing costumes and caps, standing in a row with a man in bathers sitting at the front with his arms crossed. Segregated swimming baths in the background.
Small sepia photo of 2 men in bathers standing in water at rear, with a woman in bathers and cap. Girl in bathers and cap at the front. Wooden piles of swimming baths in the background.

Inscriptions & markings

James Joseph Blake gave swimming lessons to these beach belles on Bayview beach [ opposite Mad Cowes] Segregated baths in the background.