Collection: British Empire & Commonwealth

Archive Collection: Winthrop

Reference Code: 2001/243/1/1/3/47

Title: Swimming fun, Abazai

Date: 11 April 1920

Description: Three European men pose for a comical photograph after a swim, wearing only swimming trunks with towels wrapped around their shoulders. One man stands on a mooring post between his companions, holding their solatopi hats several inches above their heads. The "bathing picnic" is described in Winthrop's diary.

Country: Pakistan, India

Extent and Medium: 1 photograph

Level of Description: Item

Physical and Technical: 1 b/w photograph

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