The Brighton Swimming Club (1863) http://t.co/V5wFVqBG Absolutely #vintage
August 01, 2012
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ABOVE ] A group photograph of nineteen members of the Brighton Swimming Club, believed to have been taken by the photographer Benjamin Botham in 1863. During the 1860s, most professional photographers used albumenized paper for photographic printing. Albumenized paper employed albumen from egg whites to bind photographic chemicals to the printing paper.
http://www.photohistory-sussex.co.uk/BrightonSwimmingClub.htm

