The Club De Regatas Guanbara in Botafogo Cove at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The main clubhouse and the olympic swimming pool of the Club De Regatas Guanabara in Botafogo Cove at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The photographer is looking across the cove showing families paddling at the water's edge with the olympic swimming pool in the background. The clubhouse was built in 1922 and the swimming pool was completed in 1933. Large advertisements are on the face of the Morro in the background, including 'Pneus Firestone', 'Gessy Sabonete', 'Cury' and 'Radio Philco'.

Object Details

ID: P94652
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1934-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Waterline Collection
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 168 mm
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