Collection: Nager – Vintage Swimming Photographs | Ephemera of Us Collection

The Nager Collection captures early swimming culture through restored historical photographs from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—set along riverbanks, beaches, docks, and lakeshores where leisure, sunlight, and open-air life began to shape the modern world.

• Early 20th-century aquatic life
• Historic swimwear & bathing culture
• Candid moments of leisure and companionship