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#7 In this photo, circa 1955, little Cecelia Novel sure looks like she’s enjoying her first swimming lesson in the ocean.

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#7 In this photo, circa 1955, little Cecelia Novel sure looks like she’s enjoying her first swimming lesson in the ocean.

What Swimming Lessons Looked Like a Century Ago (Spoiler: No Swim Goggles)

#7 In this photo, circa 1955, little Cecelia Novel sure looks like she’s enjoying her first swimming lesson in the ocean.

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←#6 This student, taking a swimming lesson at Falkirk Technical School on November 1, 1935.
#8 Members of the Pioneer Health Centre in Peckham, south London, learn how to swim on November 19, 1935.→

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