Contemporary Life collection albums [B 7798] • Photograph

Leon Crowhurst in his billy cart

Leon Crowhurst in his billy cart

Leon Crowhurst, winner of the soap-box derby, pictured on Cross Road, Fullarton.

Soccer players

Soccer players

Two soccer players tussle for the ball.

Soccer players at Hindmarsh Oval

Soccer players at Hindmarsh Oval

Two soccer players tussle for the ball during a match on Hindmarsh Oval, 14 April 1962.

Softball match players

Softball match players

A member of the fielding team waits for the ball while the oppostition players makes it safely to base during a girls' softball match.

Sabres Softball Team

Sabres Softball Team

Formal photograph of the Sabres softball team, A grade premiers for 1958. From left: R. McMahon (coach), N. Whittingham (vice captain), O. Pankiv, P. Tilly, F. Knott, R. Adey (captain), J. Cahill, C. Mannix, J. Virgin, N. Virgin, B.Holloway.

Play at the Australian Women's Softball Championships

Play at the Australian Women's Softball Championships

Play in the Australian Women's Softball Championships at Hindmarsh Oval, 14 March 1962.

Practice session for the WA team

Practice session for the WA team

Members of the WA team practicing before the Australian Women's Softball Championships at Hindmarsh Oval, 13 March 1962.

Learn-to-swim campaign at Unley

Learn-to-swim campaign at Unley

Participants in a learn-to-swim campaign at Unley swimming pool.

Couple at the beach

Couple at the beach

A young couple walking along the beach in bathing costumes.

Joan Fenton at the Olympic Pool

Joan Fenton at the Olympic Pool

Joan Yvonne Fenton at the Olympic pool at the Adelaide City Baths. The Daughter of Leslie Fenton and Emilie nee Ashmeade, born 15 July 1922, married Captain Cedric Clapp at St Paul's Church Saturday 28 March 1942.

Two women in bathing costumes

Two women in bathing costumes

Two young women in bathing suits pose in a balustrade.

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide'

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide'

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide' from the Torrens weir in Adelaide, with a group of swimmers diving into the water, while others are lined up waiting to start.

Adelaide Water Ballet rehearsal

Adelaide Water Ballet rehearsal

Fifty girls from the Adelaide Water Ballet reheasing in the Olympic Pool, February 1947.

Competitors at the 'swim through Adelaide'

Competitors at the 'swim through Adelaide'

Competitors waiting for the start of the 'swim through Adelaide' from the Torrens weir in Adelaide.

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide'

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide'

Start of the 'swim through Adelaide' from the Torrens weir in Adelaide, with swimmers diving into the water.

Children at the beach

Children at the beach

A young boy and girl at the beach.

Three men in the surf

Three men in the surf

Three men coming out of the surf at night - possibly members of the 'Icebergs Club'.

Two women at the beach

Two women at the beach

Two women in bathing suits at the beach.

A woman at the beach

A woman at the beach

A woman in a bathing suit at the beach.

Three young women

Three young women

Three young women in bathing suits and hats at the beach.

Heather Johns and Glenys O'Brien

Heather Johns and Glenys O'Brien

Miss Heather Johns and Mis Glenys O'Brien walking into a swimming pool.

Start of the 7 year olds' freestyle race

Start of the 7 year olds' freestyle race

The start of the 25 yards freestyle race for 7 year olds at the Olympic Pool at the Adelaide City Baths, 10 March 1962.

Crowd at a tennis final

Crowd at a tennis final

A crowd watching a tennis final.

Crowd at a tennis final

Crowd at a tennis final

The crowd watching the tennis match between Victoria and South Australia.

Anne Haste and Cliff Harvey

Anne Haste and Cliff Harvey

Tennis players Anne Haste and Cliff Harvey leaving the court after winning the mixed doubles 6-3,6-1.

Lone spectators in a grandstand

Lone spectators in a grandstand

Comprising 664 images of contemporary life in South Australia ca.1950.

Four tennis players

Four tennis players

Four men walking off a tennis court.

Three tennis players

Three tennis players

Two tall tennis players 'dangle' a much smaller boy between them.

A tennis player

A tennis player

A young tennis player returns a volley.

A tennis player

A tennis player

A young tennis player hitting the ball during a game.