Life-saving drill, probably on unidentified Taranaki beach
Photographed circa 1920s-1930s, by John R Wall of Stratford. Location unidentified, probably a Taranaki beach.
These photos and their captions are all from the National Library of New Zealand on Flickr (my comments are below in italics, though). Weren't the surf lifesavers fine!
Dominion life-saving championships, Lyall Bay, Wellington. 1950
A women's team carrying equipment at the Dominion lifesaving championships at Lyall Bay, Wellington.I'm loving the blazer and short shorts combo of that judge. Very dapper.
Dominion lifesaving championships, Lyall Bay, Wellington. 1950
A team is being inspected at the Dominion lifesaving championships at Lyall Bay in Wellington
Dominion lifesaving championships, Lyall Bay, Wellington. 1950
Two men paddle in on surfboards at the Dominion lifesaving championships at Lyall Bay in Wellington
A cup winning lifesaving team with their coach. 1911
Shows a cup winning team with their coach, 1911, probably in the Christchurch area.
"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things: of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings." Their couch is that walrus.
Group of girls practicing a life-saving technique. ca 1910s
An unidentified group of girls practising life-saving. They are standing in two rows in pairs (facing each other) outdoors on a grassy area in front of a wooden building. The life-saving instructor is standing on the right. All are dressed in bathing suits, some with bathing caps.
I think this might be my favourite picture of the whole bunch. I can't imagine what exactly they were practising when this photo was taken, but their bathing suits are fantastic.
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