A male waterpolo team pose in a line. Colour process print, 193-.

Date:
[between 1930 and 1939?]
Reference:
2046090i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
  • Pictures
  • Online

Collection contents

Available online

view A male waterpolo team pose in a line. Colour process print, 193-.

Contains: 2 images

View

In copyright

It is possible this item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You may be able to use this digital item under a copyright exception, otherwise you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). These may be identified elsewhere in the catalogue record. Read more about copyright.

Read further guidance on copyright exceptions in the UK.

Credit

A male waterpolo team pose in a line. Colour process print, 193-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph printed in blue of eight men standing with their hands tucked behind their backs, wearing swimming trunks. A ball sits on the floor near their feet. They are members of the water polo team named "V.D.B.: possibly the Ghent sporting club 'Vrijheid Door Verbroedering', which founded its water polo team in 1924.

Publication/Creation

[Ghent?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1930 and 1939?]

Physical description

1 print : process print ; 9 x 14 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Waterpoloploeg V.D.B Names of the team members printed on recto, left to right: Bauters, Dobbelaere, De Witte, Van Laethem, De Meester (kap.), De Cocker, Van de Casserie, De Schuyter

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "Images of nudity became much more commonplace as the social order and moral code underwent drastic changes in the years following World War I. Brief one-piece bathing 'trunks' for men first appeared in the 1930s."

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046090i

Type/Technique

Languages

Subjects

Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

    LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores

Permanent link