Four Legs Under Sea. Among the occupations they list at Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, is underwater rock shifting, and divers wearing these curious helmets, but bare-legged and bare-armed, go traipsing about in shallow water shifting rocks. The personage on the left, Charles Edwards, met up with a seven foot shark on a recent job. The shark knocked him over.

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Four Legs Under Sea. Among the occupations they list at Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, is underwater rock shifting, and divers wearing these curious helmets, but bare-legged and bare-armed, go traipsing about in shallow water shifting rocks. The personage on the left, Charles Edwards, met up with a seven foot shark on a recent job. The shark knocked him over.

Associated Press · [ca. July 1938]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Diving: Misc.

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