| CLASSIC DIVE BOOKS
Newspapers, covers....
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I have created this page for want of a place to list the covers of old newspapers. Note: Link on the prints for a larger image.
Please note: The books, material, are listed for interest only, and not offered for sale. |
LA DOMENICA DEL CORRIERE (Translation: Sunday Courier). Italian. 7 August 1927. Seems as though the diver is in a spot of bother. Perhaps more information inside. |
ENGLISH MECHANIC AND MIRROR OF SCIENCE Friday, October 1, 1869. Caption is 'Submarine Divers'. There is, apparently, an article of these 'submarine divers' on page 38 of the newspaper/magazine. |
THE PICTORIAL 24 February 1883 The full page cover print shows a diver descending into the "Ring's End Basin in Dublin looking for knives used by the assassination society in to murder Mr Field. The same pring but a lot smaller also appeare at the time in The Illustrated London News and The Graphic - maybe others. [pt] |
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Saturday, February 8, 1873. Caption: Divers preparing for work. Maybe more inside. |
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Saturday July 16, 1881. [Link for cover]. Shows diving to the wreck of the HMS Doterel in the Straits of Magellan, with engraving detail of the divers suit and helmet. Also in thew same issue, the white star ship Britannic, aground off Kenmore, coast of Wexford. |
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS Saturday July 14 1883 The front cover graphically illustrates the Ship launch disaster at Glasgow. The six prints show the wreck of the Daphne on its side, the river police assisting to remove the dead, a small boat warning passing vessels of the wreck, the starboard anchor that was used in the launch, the port side anchor again used in the launch and in the centre is a print of a diver preparing to descend to the hull of the Daphne. [pt]
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THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 21st November 1925 The full page cover photograph shows a German Neufeldt and Kuhnke atmospheric suit that the British Admiralty used to help in the salvage work of the lost M1 Submarine. Inside the magazine, there is a full page explanation of how the suit works which also includes a large "cutaway" drawing looking inside. [pt] |
THE GRAPHIC 10th January 1880 The front page of this magazine has 4 prints depiting the work following the tragic event of the collapse of the Tay Bridge and loss of a railway train into the freezing Tay river. Top picture shows the decent of the diver, second divers working from a steam launch, then Tugs bringing in divers and finally an inspection from a steam boat. [pt] |
THE DAILY GRAPHIC 5th February 1912 The front page cove shows a full page photograph of a Royal Navy diver descending to examine the lost A3 submarine. [pt] |
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THE SPHERE 2 November 1901. |
THE SPHERE 21st March 1925 The cover contains a composite photograph entitled Another phase in the Old Victory's History - Floating her In Dock at Portsmouth. The composite cover picture shows HMS Victory in dry dock with a diver being dressed in the foreground, the dock had been flooded and he was about to inspect the hull. [pt] |
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THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE 15 September 1963 This magazine was given (and still is) as a free suppliment to the main Sunday newspaper in the UK. The front cover picture shows Jacques Cousteau and another diver peering in through a window. The suppliment contains an article called "The House That Jacques Built" or "Living in Cousteau Country" which covers the divers living on the seabed of the Red Sea, at Shaab Rummi around 20 miles from Port Sudan. The article is 10 pages long and is very well illustrated with photographs (some in colour) and diagrams. [pt] |
