mydaguerreotypeboyfriend: Brighton Swimming Club, 1863 (via The Retronaut) We have had this extrao

mydaguerreotypeboyfriend:

Brighton Swimming Club, 1863 (via The Retronaut)

We have had this extraordinary photograph before, but this is a much-improved quality, well worth increasing to full size - and at last we know the circumstances and date of its creation! Look to the curious pose of the fellow fourth from the left, balancing upon one leg.