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001watr: 1903 Diving Scene. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Championship Diving at Highgate, England." Shows four divers jumping from a platform, while a crowd watches. 9x13 in. $30
002watr: 1869: Young Women Swimming. Engraved scene from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Ducks in the Water." Shows a group of young women in Victorian bathing suits, swimming in a pond. 11x16 in.
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003watr: 1907 Swimming Scene. Hand colored, engraved image of a young woman in the water, with only her head exposed. Caption is "I Won’t Come Out Till You Go Away." Published in 1907 as an illustration to a book. 10x13 in.
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004watr: 1893 Canoe Association Meeting Scenes. Five photographic images from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Annual Meet of the American Canoe Association at Wolfe Island, St. Lawrence River." Shows canoe enthusiasts gathered in a campground, enjoying their vacation. 11x16 in. $30
005watr: 1873 Bathing Suits for Women. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Bazar, titled "Ladies’ and Misses’ Bathing or Gymnastic Suit." Shows two young women standing on a beach, wearing the latest swim fashions. 11x16 in. $40
006watr: 1890 Water Toboggan Scene. Engraved scene from The Graphic, titled "Water Tobogganing: A Novel Amusement." Shows two swimmers careening off the end of a toboggan slide into the water. 11x16 in. $30
007watr: 1884 Canoe Paddling Print. Hand colored, wood-engraved print from Harper's Weekly, titled "Cruising Canoes--The Last Match." Shows three men seated in canoes on a river in the wilderness. One of the men is attempting to light his pipe with the last available match. 11x16 in. $50
008watr: 1880 Young Women Swimming. Engraved scene from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Swimming A La Mode." Shows several young women relaxing and swimming in a country stream. 11x16 in. $30
009watr: 1904 Woman Paddling a Canoe. Hand colored engraving from the cover of The Ladies’ World, featuring a woman paddling a canoe. 11x16 in. $40
010watr: 1898 Gibson Scene: Women at the Beach. Hand colored engraving by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the famous "Gibson Girl." Title is "Her First Appearance in This Costume. She Thinks, on the Whole, She Feels More at Home in a Ball Dress." Shows a self-conscious young woman at the beach, wearing her swimsuit for the first time. 11x16 in. $40
011watr: 1876 Kayak Paddling Scene: First Lesson. Hand colored, wood-engraved print from Harper's Weekly, titled "The First Lesson in Canoeing." It shows a man and a small child, each sitting in a kayak off the coast of Greenland. Beneath the image, there is part of a short article which describes the uses of kayaks among the Greenlanders. 11x16 in. $50
012watr: 1891 Water Polo Scene. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Water Polo at the Manhattan Athletic Club." Shows two teams playing water polo in an indoor pool, while a crowd watches from the sides. 11x16 in.
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013watr: 1919 Women: Water Ski Aquaplane Scenes. Four photographic views and a one-paragraph article from the July 1919 issue of Country Life magazine. Each scene features women "aquaplaning": standing on a wooden board which is pulled rapidly behind a motorboat. The article explains that aquaplaning originated in Hawaii, and was quickly gaining popularity along the Atlantic seaboard. 10x14 in. $40
014watr: 1888 Canoeing in the North Woods- A "Carry." This hand colored engraving is from the September 22, 1888 of Harper's Weekly. The print shows two men loading their canoe on a sled like device called a "carry" in the Adirondack mountains. size: 11x16 in. $50
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200watr: 1900 Gibson Swimming Print: Girls at Beach. This hand colored, engraved print was drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the famous "Gibson Girl," and published in 1900. The print is titled "Her First Appearance in this Costume. She Thinks, on the Whole, She Feels More at Home in a Ball Dress." It shows several self-conscious young women at the beach, wearing turn-of-the-century swimming attire. This print is in excellent condition. Size is 11x16 in. $40
201watr: This hand colored, wood-engraved print is from the October 4, 1884 issue of Harper's Weekly. The print is titled "Cruising Canoes - The Last Match." It shows three men seated in canoes on a river in the wilderness. One of the men is attempting to light his pipe with the last available match. size: 11x16 in. $60
202watr: 1889 Women playing in the water. Hand colored engraved image from Harper's Weekly titled, "A Group of Sea Nymphs" drawn by Otto H. Bacher. Shows young women frolicking in the water. 11 X 16in. $$50
204watr: 1883 The Canoeing Season, - Sailing and Paddling Canoes, - Their Appurtenances And Uses, From Sketches by S.M. Spedon. Hand colored wood engraving depicting eight scenes detailing the canoe and its riders. Published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on July 7, 1883. 11x16in. $80