| CLASSIC DIVE BOOKS
Magazines -
Please note: The books are listed for interest only,
and not offered for sale.
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HOMEPAGE
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| In their day, they would
have been excellent value - authorative authors, well written, well illustrated,
and cheap for their size and content. These were the Fawcett and Trend
publications, a 'magazine like' softcover book of 6.5 x 9.5 inches, covering
huge range of topics, some of them on skin and scuba diving.
The Fawcett books were published
by Fawcett Publications, Inc. of Greenwich, Connetticut, USA, in the 1960s
(and probably earlier). Trend books were published by Trend Books, Inc,
of Los Angeles. Popular Mechanics is of course an icon of American publishing,
an incredible monthly magazine which commenced publication around 1938.
They occasionally had feature articles relevant to diving.
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| (THE) BOY'S OWN PAPER | United Kingdom | ||||
THE BOYS'S OWN PAPER AUGUST 1909 Despite the comical diving cover, there was no content about diving. This was actually in magazine format. [pt] |
THE BOY'S OWN PAPER OCTOBER 1916. Illustrated diving article by Raymond Raife about sea salvage: "All About Sea Salvage". It says about the article "How ships are regained from Davy Jones Locker. The routine and romance of raising ships". [pt] |
BOY'S OWN PAPER OCTOBER 1955 Contains a 4 page article by Virgil Burford entitled “I Met an Octopus”. [pt]
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BOY'S OWN PAPER SEPTEMBER 1958 Contains a 2 page article by Ian Bruce entitled "Two Man Submarine Loops the Loop". [pt] |
BOYS OWN PAPER OCTOBER 1962 Contains a 4 page article by Langston Day entitled "Secrets of the Ocean Depths". [pt] |
BOYS OWN PAPER JUNE 1963 Contains a 3 page article by Langston Day entitled "Farming the Sea". [pt] |
| (EVERYDAY) SCIENCE AND MECHANICS | |||||
(EVERYDAY) SCIENCE AND MECHANICS APRIL 1932 Contains two diving related articles. The first is a three page illustrated article called "Welding With Guns" by Joseph A Kraus. It referrs to an invention by English inventor called Robert Temple and the result is later to become more better known as the Temple Cox Bolt Gun used in underwater salvage. At the time, the invention was enxisaged being used in submarine salvage, ships salvage, building, repairs to high tension cabled and a variation to be used for humane animal slaughter. The second two page illustrated article shows a "Home Made Diving Helmet for Exploration and Salvage" by Harry Hanson. The open helmet described resembles a miller Dunn type helmet. |
(EVERYDAY) SCIENCE AND MECHANICS MAY 1932 This edition contains two interesting diving articles. The first is a two page illustrated article called "Grappling for Ocean's Hidden Treasures". There's details and photos of diving machines like the Kulik Diving Bell, which looks like a cross between an iron suit and small submarine. There's alos details of an observation chamber invented by Capt Harry L Bowden. The second two page illustrated article is called "New Ship Salvaging System" by William De Meo - artists impression shown on the front cover. It shows a huge grab capable of lifting ships in sections if rneed be. |
(EVERYDAY) SCIENCE AND MECHANICS. APRIL 1933 Contains a very interesting, comprehensive three page illustrated article called "Baby Exploring Submarine" by Joseph H Kraus. The article documents a demonstration of a small submarine invented by Simon Lake called Explorer, dimensions say it was 22 feet long with a 6 foot beam, weighing in at 20,000 lbs the submarine has a working depth of 300 feet. This depth includes a hery high safety marging, it is said that the submarine could operateat 600 feet. Photos show the range of equipment used and underwater access underneath the submarine is also included, a "moon pool"? There's also an artists impression of the submarine at work both on the cover and inside. One of the photos shows Simon Lake with scientist Dr William Beebe and diver Frank Crilly. |
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| MODERN MECHANIX (USA) | |||||
MODERN MECHANIX (USA) AUGUST 1933 Article by Bennett Lincoln which includes the story of master locksmith Charles Courtney and his role in opening the safes on the Egypt and Hampshire underwater. [pt] |
MODERN MECHANIX (USA) APRIL 1934 Article introduces a "sea sled" to assist in the "tedious and dangerous" task of searching the ocean's bottom for sunken ships and treasures using this German invention. [pt] |
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| MODERN WONDER (UK) | |||||
MODERN WONDER 18 JUNE 1938 The full page coloured cover picture gives an insight into the salvage work being done on the scuttled German fleet at Scapa Flow. Inside there is a 2 page illustrated article about the work done there by Ernest Cox and his company Cox & Danks. |
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| POPULAR MECHANICS (USA) | |||||
POPULAR MECHANICS JUNE 1913 Contains a 5 page illustrated article by Frank Parker Stockbridge called "Gathering Gold from the Oceans Floor". |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAY 1928 Contains a 5 page illustrated article by John T Brady called "Gambling With Death at Sea's Bottom". |
POPULAR MECHANICS JANUARY 1931 Contains a 10 page article called "Irom Men of the Sea" about a diving and salvage school in Germany. Very interesting and well illustrated article. |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE MARCH 1933 Contains a feature article by Commander Edward Ellsberg, called 'Courage'. [pt] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGZINE MAY 1933. Illustrated diving article called "Courage" by Edward Ellsberg about the salvage of the sumbarine S-51 [pt] |
POPULAR MECHANICS AUGUST 1934 Contains a 5 page illustrated article called “Salvaging Sunken Treasure” ; article is headed as “The Treasure Hunters”. Covers treasure salvage from the waters of the “Hispanola”. It’s not clear who wrote the article but there’s mention of Lieut. Harry E Reisberg, Capt. Simon Lake and Lieut Comm. Richard Clover. As a bonus, the magazine also contains an article called “Water Parachute Lifts Submarine Survivors to the Surface”. It is only a single paged article, illustrated by G D Davis, showing the Siebe Gorman “Davis Submarine Escape Set”. |
POPULAR MECHANICS MARCH 1937 Contains a single page illustrated article called "Deep Sea House Speeds Up Work". [ds] |
POPULAR MECHANICS SEPTEMBER 1937 Contains a 4 page illustrated article by Max Gene Nohl (as told to F M Bryan) called "Invading a Last Frontier". |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE APRIL 1936. Includes article: Diving Amongst Sea Killers. Illustrated diving article by John D Craig about treasure diving off the coast of Mexico in 9 fathoms of water. He goes on to tell of his adventures while filming for movie companies. |
POPULAR MECHANICS February 1929 The front colour cover shows a diver climbing out of a submenged submarine and another diver working on a wreck in the background. It represents a 2 page illustrated article entitled " Rescue Submarine Has an Underwater Exit". It ishows the rebuilt Submarine "Defender" designed by Simon Lake in 1906, this revised submarine is shown nearing completion at the US Bridgeport yards. It was believed that the submarine diver lockout system would be useful following the sinking of the S4 submarine for the rescue of submariners. |
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POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1945 216 pages. . The relevant article in this issue is 'High Pressure Diver', just four pages on an aerly div suit and equipment invented by Jack Browne of Milwaukee, USA. The covers shows a self-contaioned diver attaching a rope to a sunken light aircraft. [ps] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE MAY 1946 [ds] Contains an article on 'Undersea Movies'.
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POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE OCTOBER (Year ?) [Maybe 1937 when they did not list a year] [ds] Contains article, 'Heroes of the Diving Navy'. |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE MAY 1948 328 pages. The diving-related article is 'Diving Mechanics' by Andrew Hamilton, a five page article on salvage work. I was particularly pleased to obtain a copy of this issue as it contains an excellent six-page feature on the liner SS President Cleveland, sister ship to President Coolidge, which went down in the New Hebrides in 1942. 'The Lady and the President'.[ps] [ds],[ps] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE AUGUST 1951 [ds] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE JULY 1962 [ds] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE JULY 1967 Contains an article on the making of an 'Underwater Aquaplane'. [ds] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE JULY 1967 Contains an article on the making of a one-man sub. [ds] |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE JUNE 1959. |
POPULAR MECHANICS MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1952 [ds] |
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PRACTICAL MECHANICS APRIL 1935 Contains a 3 page illustrated article called "Industries Under the Sea" looking at salvage and treasure seeking in rubber suits, atmospheric suits and observation chambers. |
PRACTICAL MECHANICS (UK) AUGUST 1939 Contains an illustrated 4 page article covering the method of submarine escape using the apparatus as designed by Sir Robert Davis of Siebe Gorman & Co Ltd. [pt] |
PRACTICAL MECHANICS JUNE 1944 This edition of Practical Mechanics contained a comprehensive 5 page article by J A Spar about “The Human Torpedo and the Midget Submarine” also sub-titled “Human Torpedoes and X-Craft”. The article is illustrated with photos and diagrams and shows the concept of both weapons which is a surprise as the second world war was still “raging”. The article continues with further section on the development of small submarines, “The Story of Their Development from 1717 to the Present Day”. Subamarines described include “Bushnell’s Turtle”, “Garratt’s Submarine”, “Day’s Submarine” and “Fulton’s Nautilus”. [pt] Sected pages: One, Two. |
PRACTICAL MECHANICS JANUARY 1955 (UK). Contains a 4 page article bt E. T. Fearnon on how to make your own aqua-lung from a Calor Gas regulator. [pt] |
PRACTICAL MECHANICS JANUARY 1956 Contains a 2 page article by D Pemberton on Underwater Photography and also contains details for making a waterproof camera housing. |
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| POPULAR SCIENCE (USA) | |||||
POPULAR SCIENCE JULY 1967 Contains article: New Deep Diving Sub - Our First Ferry to the Bottom of the Sea. [ds] |
POPULAR SCIENCE DECEMBER 1947 Obviously contains an article on Piccard's bathyscaphe. [ds] |
POPULAR SCIENCE JULY 1953. Contains an article explaining how to use a diving lung and how to make one converting an oxygen regulator. There are two other interesting articles containing details of how to make an underwater camera and another entitled "What you can do with a snorkel". [pt] |
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SCIENCE AND MECHANICS
June 1938. USA. 'Hard hat' diver welding underwater. No idea if further content inside. |
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| SKIN & SCUBA DIVING | (USA) | ||||
SKIN AND SCUBA DIVING John E. Cayford. Fawcett # 561. 1964 112 pags. Great section on equipment. [ps] |
SKIN AND SCUBA DIVER 'Standard' and (on the right) Abridged Edition. Lil Borgeson and Jack Speirs. Fawcett # 616. 1966. (Abridged) 112 pages. Surely thats not Dolly Parton on the cover - big blond hair, big... well, you know what I mean. An interesting chapter on Cave Diving, and Killer Fishes. [ps] |
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HANDBOOK of SKIN and SCUBA DIVING Jim Martenhoff. Fawcett # 640. 1967. 112 pages. Now thats a nice wholesome family cover, although you have to be keen to lift your girlfriend high when she is wearing a tank. Not too sure about the photo of the speared moray. Why??[ps] |
SKIN DIVER HANDBOOK Lil Borgeson and Jack Speirs. Fawcett # 443. 1960. 144 pages. "Tighter organization is necessary to combat restrictive legislation, encourage safety and broaden the opportunities for skin-diving fun." And this said in 1960!!! [ps] |
SKIN DIVING ANNUAL E.R.Cross Trend book # 147. 1957. 128 pages. Covers a multitude of chapters, including Commercial diving and Military diving. [ps] |
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UNDERWATER The SKINDIVER'S Manual. Bill Barada. Trend book # 119. 1955. 128 pages. The earliest publication of these titles I would think. Hey, the whole Barada family is featured. 'Enjoy Lung Diving'. 'Explore the world's last frontier'. The photo on page 64 looks as though Bill is doing more than cocking his gun - more like gunning his .... well, you will see what I mean. [ps] |
UNDERWATER ADVENTURE Bill Barada. Trend book # 188. 1959. Love that cover! Bill asks the question - Are sharks really dangerous? An interesting chapter on Search and Rescue, and Skindiving Scientists. A few Aussies from the Newcastle Neptunes Club shown in photographs - all with dead marine life. My copy is signed by Barada to Walt Deas, another pioneer of diving. [ps] |
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| WIDE WORLD (UK) | Note: See also The Wide World Magazine, and Wide World Adventure on the page 'some diving'. | These were published in 1898 and 1899 so probably have no connection to those listed below. | |||
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE JULY 1958 Lieut Harry Reisberg tells the story of treasure salvage from various wrecks around the UK coastline. [pt] |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1962 Features a comprehensive article written by John (Johnno) Johnstone about the salvage of the gold from the Niagra, lost off New Zealand. [pt] |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE MAY 1961 Contains the first of a 2 part article by Hans & Lotte Hass about their world beneath the sea. Part 2 appeared in July 1961. |
WIDE WORD MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1955 Contains a 4 page illustrated article by John Sidney about a pearl diver called Tom Franklin being attacked by an 800 lb grouper. Tom was 78 at the time of the interview, was retired and living in Sydney. |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1956 This contains a six page illustrated article by Guy Batham about his "treasure humting" in the Torres Straits in Australia. |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE MARCH 1923 Contains a 9 page illustrated article about the search for the treasure of the East Indiaman "Grosvenor" which was lost off the coast of Pondoland, South Africa in the late 1700's.
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WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1953 Australian Edition The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 1956 Australian Edition Trapped on the Ocean Bed - Pearl Diving in the South Pacific. |
WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1958 This special issue is mainly deticated to Sir Vivien Fuchs Antarctic Expedition but included is an interesting article called "The Terror of Groper Bottom". A true story about the divers on Thursday Island and Torres Straight being terrorised by a giant Grouper. Written by diver Guy Batham, the story takes place on Kita Oran's pearl lugger Petta. The article is 6 pages long and has 4 photographs and drawings - 2 of which show divers. (This issue is a "Special Diamond Jubliee Issue", celebrating the Wild World Magazine from 1898 to 1958). [pt]
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WIDE WORLD MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1953 This issue of the magazine contains a 6 page illustrated article called "The Day the Cyclone Struck" by Jim Morris. The story documents the story of a crew of a Thursday Island pearl lugger called Sedney when they were cought in the cyclone that struck in December 1948. Pearl divers are interviewed and mentioned by name: Joshua Mast, Tomitaro Fujii and Baruna, the story is verified by the Mayor of Thursday Island - Mr Dunwoodie. The story is well illustrated with 5 monochrome photos and drawings including one of the graves of the Japanese divers on Thursday Island which it says more than 10,00 have lost their lives in the pearling industry. [pt] |
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| AIRLINE AND IN-HOUSE MAGAZINES | |||||
| Airline magazines occasionally included diving articles but usually only when the destination was relevant to the airline's destinations. Air Niugini's excellent Paradise magazine featured underwater regularly; as a photo/journalist I was a major contributor in the 1980s. Continetal Airlines, and Air Pacific, had in-flight magazines also, but I cannot recall any u/w articles. And on all the flights I have had with Qantas and the now defunct Ansett I cannot remember any u/w articles (but there must be some); although I did write for Ansett (on Classic Melbourne). Apart from Paradise, I have never seen an underwater shot on any other -in-flight magazine - I hope this comment solicits a response! | 
PARADISE In-flight with Air Niugini. (This isssue # 57, 1980s). Air Niugini strongly promoted diving in PNG and thus featured many 'underwater' articles in their mag. This one was a 'Special Diving Issue' and contained several articles on diving. [ps] |
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| VARIOUS GENERAL PUBLIC MAGAZINES | |||||
LIFE MAGAZINE (USA) FEBRUARY 1954 Very interesting article about the making of Disney's version of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Contains some very good underwater photographs. [pt] |
THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (USA) 5 SEPTEMBER 1964 Contains an interesting article 'Room At The Bottom Of The Sea', based on the Sealab experiment, with good u/w colour photographs. (But the page before this shows Kim Novak's boob). [ps] |
THE BULLETIN (Australia) 9 JUNE 1981 'Amazing Pictures' of Val Taylor beeing nibbled whilst trying out their protective chain-mail suit. Val looks particularly perturbed in the cover shot taken by husband Ron. [ps] |
PICTURE POST (UK) SEPTEMBER 2, 1939. Contains a superb article on the loss of the submarine Thetis in 1939 with the loss of 99 men. Contains excellent hard-hat diver shots - and the photo of the sunken sub taken by the diver, with his teeth. |
PICTURE POST Also known as Hulton's Weekly 25 SEPTEMBER 1948 The view of the divers US Navy Mk 5 diving helmet on the front of the magazine introduces a 3 page illustrated article called "Deep Sea Diving School". It gives a little insight into what was believed as the only commercial school at Sparling in the USA. |
EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE 18 MAY 1957 The coloured front cover introduces a two page illustrated article called "Photographing Fathoms Deep". It features non other that good old Jacques Cousteau and his chum Philippe Taillez. There's a nice photo of a diver with a very early camera and a good plug for the file Silent World winning a prize at the Cannes FilmFestival along with some photos from the film. |
FLIPSIDE MAGAZINE (UK) December 2007.The magazine has absolutely nothing to do with diving as it's subject matter are computer games, photos, music, video and mobile phones, possibly more. |
The cover has a photo of a hard hat diver (in Siebe Gorman equipment) using their mobile phone underwater, advertising a 12 page article called "Making the Most of Your Mobile". Unfortunately, there are no more photos of divers in the article but it does start with a full page photo of an astronaut, supposedly on the moon, making a mobile phone call and starts with the statement that there is more computer power in a mobile phone than there was in the computers that took them to to moon. |  |
SATURDAY EVENING POST
(USA) 15 May 1954. With famous cover by Hughes of boys entering an aquarium with an old deep sea dive helmet. It measures 10 3/4" x 13 3/4" with all 180 pages. |
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ARGOSY
The Complete Man's Magazine (USA). No date.  |
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AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHICAL WALKABOUT MAGAZINE
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WALKABOUT DECEMBER 1958 Contains an excellent 3-page article with four mono photos, titled 'Japanese Salvage Work in Rabaul', by Captian Brett Hilder. Rabaul became a popular diving destination in the 1970s and 80s, before an eruption in September 1994. |
WALKABOUT FEBRUARY 1963. Contains an article by well-known Australian author and diver Hugh Edwards, "Deep in a Drowned World' about wrecks and diving off the WA coast. [ps] |
WALKABOUT APRIL 1972 Popular Australian diver, author, film-maker and the gorgeous Bela Csidei make the cover of this travel and leisure magazine with a biographical article 'Underwater - That's My World'. Sharks, dead and alive, feature in all eight photos inside. [ps] |
WALKABOUT OCTOBER 1973 Contains an excelleent article (cover shot) on Middleton Reef (Pacific Ocean) and the Coral Sea titled, Reefs, Wrecks and Serpents, by another well known Australian diver of the time John Harding. [ps] |
WALKABOUT NOVEMBER 1957 Contains an article on pearl diving in Thursday Island, north Queensland. It laments the lack of expereinced (hard hat) divers - shows a pearl diver 'in helmet and corslet' descending from a lugger. [ps] |
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ARMCHAIR SCIENCE (UK) MAY 1940 Contains a 5 page article by Bernard Hogben entitled "Lucky Fish in Paradise". It is an illustrated article about an "oceanarium" in Florida. [pt] |
ROYAL NAVY DIVING MAGAZINE (UK) 1955 Example of magazine issued by the British Royal Navy by HMS Vernon. All content of magazine are diving related stories, letters, etc. [pt] |
WORLDS WORK MAGAZINE MARCH 1928 Features an article by Howard Mingos entitled "Tales of Our Deep Sea Divers". Also contains an article by Edward Ellsberg called "Safety in Our Submarines" and a third article by Johannes Speiss about the S4 submarine salvage. [pt] |
MODERN WONDER MAGAZINE (UK) MARCH 1938: Inside is a futuristic article covering the "Iron Man of the Sea" and its uses to recover the treasure from the Lusitania. It also looks at what the future was seen to hold at the time for undersea exploration. [pt] |
OUR NAVY MAGAZINE (USA) MIDE-SEPTEMBER 1944 Contains an illustrated article by Robert C Fay about US Navy Salvage divers. Many photos taken in and around the Salvage Diver's School, Pier 88 - many divers named. Also details of some salvage undertakings.[pt] |
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TIDAL TIMES The Port of London Authority Magazine. Issue 8 Autumn & Winter 2009 Issued in the UK by the Port of London Authority twice a year telling stories of the people and events of the river. Among the interesting stories, it includes a profusely illustrated article called “Depths of Time” telling the story of a demonstration by the Historical Diving Society in the West India Dock. Divers are shown meeting underwater in old Siebe Gorman equipment and modern Kirby Morgan Superlite equipment, showing the old and new of the Port of London Authority divers. There is a second article showing a member of parliament for Gravesham joining the Port of London Authority divers on their salvage craft Hookness and actually joining them on the riverbed of the Thames, apparently he is a trained diver. |
ROYAL NAVY DIVING MAGAZINE Vol. 6, No. 3 |
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THE AUSTRALASIAN
PICTORIAL ANNUAL
October 1, 1938. This oversized annual magazine was 42.5 cm x 29 cm, and contained 52 pages (with cover) on heavy stock, with excellent landscape and people views 'typical' of Austraalia during the time. The advertisements are also very interesting. Of particular interest insofar as the underwater world is concerned is that it is possibly the first time in Australia that an underwater photograph has been reproduced in colour. I cannot vouch confidentally for that claim, but it appears to be so until dispouted otherwise. The photos were taken by Captain Frank Hurley, a brilliant photographer and adventurer who is perhaps better known for his Antarctic, and New Guinea photographic essays. There is sjust the one single page of underwater colour, of three photographs (as well as two more in mono); the caption is: "In Nature's Wonderland on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, where among the stone forests of shapely coral trees fairy fishes of flame flit through the limpid water. Here is a paradise for nature lover and artist, and beauty incomparable". Clearly the captuionisy knew nothing of what he was writing about, but then, this was not exactly a scientific nature magazine. Colour photography was in its infancy at the time, and moreso was underwater photography, so the images are most welcome, and historiccally unique. Interestingly, the uninfdormed critic could suggest that the photos were taken in an aquarium but Hurley would not do that, and besides, the mono shots are clearly of an underwater terrain; in one a large clam sits amongst a field of corals. It is relevant to note that T.C.Roughley in his 'Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef' first published in 1936, showed corals, sponges and otther mainly sedentary marine life undereater, but I doubt if the camera was underwater. And Noel Monkman did not start taking and publishing underwater shots till the early 1950s. [ps] |
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WATER SPORT Publication. Volume 2. No. 11, November 1975. Manager Graham Howard. Editor Ralph Neale. Howard Print Services, Melbourne, Australia This was actually a newspaper - the publication was opened up and turned side-on to form a stapled tabloid. It's objective was to cover all water sports, but was maining yachting, boating and fishing. Diving was included in 1975 with myself (Peter Stone) as 'the diving editor'. I gathered articles from other divers and wrote on various local issues and general topics such as the effervescent 'sharks'. The 'magazine' is hardly a classic but I include it here for my own self-indulgence as it was a significant publication in my photo-journalism career. I must insist on stateing that I had nothing to do with the cover and I had interesting words with the editor about it. I suggest it could be used for boating safety instruction - pick the mistakes? And is that a ping-pong ball at the end of the snorkel in the boat. [ps] |
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FORD TIMES July/August 1959 (UK) Contains a 4 page article by somebody called S Brady about the relatively new sport of diving. Very heavily biased for the British Sub-Aqua Club as it tells how readers can join and train, all for the sum of 2 pounds a year plus 10 shillings joining fee. The article is very well illustrated with monochrome photographs, supplied by Dunlop - well they are using Dunlop suits in the photographs! |
THE OILSEAL JOURNAL (UK) APRIL 1956 This mag. is for the real anoracks amongst us. Published quarterly by "The Pioneer Oilsealing & Moulding Co Ltd. Lancashire, UK (A division of J H Fenner & Co Ltd)". This edition contains an article by E J Blake, Director of Messrs C. E. Heinke & Co Ltd entitled "Underwater Swimming". The text describes the new sport and goes on to show how the companies seals are used in the new Heink Lung - or as it is better known "The Twin Horn". As well as the coverpicture, the text has another underwater photograph and an exploded diagram of the Heinke Lung. [pt] |
THE MOTOR MAGAZINE (UK) 15 JANUARY 1941 The cover of the magazine contains a diver illustration as part of an advert for Lockeed Brakes. It points out that equalising of pressure is of vital importance to the diver as it is with equalisation of pressure to all 4 brakes on the wheels. The 26 magazine contains no other diving content but there are some interesting articles including "War-Time Motoring Regulations" inside the front and back covers. |
ROYAL AUTO Journal of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria. November 2009. I don't see much point of underwater photographs like this unless there is something especially artistic about it all - or, as a mate said (not me!), if the model has no clothes. (See Samantha by Pilosoff). The images can be so confusing that the editor can use one upside down without anyone commenting. Still, the article is more about the person than the photography - and I bet the shots were not taken in Victoria. |
| COMICS |
| SEA HUNT No. 4, JANUARY-MARCH 1960.
"Mike Nelson doubles for a movie star and becomes marked for disaster". Dell Publishing Co., New York. Twnry page full-colur comic, with three stories. Only the first, 'Marked for Siaster' is of Mike Nelson in the starring role, although the other two sea-related stories have a main character called Mike. There is also a single page prose story called 'Seashore Safety' which has an element of instruction and awareness in it. Also included is a single factual page called Mountains Beneath the Sea. The inside back cover has details on sharks called The Big Fish. The back cover is a factual page on Ocean Locomotion. I am intrigued, and appreciative of, 'A Pledge to Parents' printed by Dell Comics which promises parents that "... the comic magazine ... contains only clean and wholesome entertainment. The Dell code eliminates entirely, rather than regulates, objectional material. That's why when you buy a Dell Comic you can be sure it contains only good fun". Thats pretty good - a comic that conforms to the three E's: Entertains, Educated and Encourages. [ps] |
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