Vintage Diving Photos

[trapezus]

Dear Sam,
You like the photos gives me proud.We are grateful for the valuable information you provide real you. I am very luck have a friend as you. You're like a living history book.I hope you live for many years and we learn many thing from you.

 

[Erich S]

I also enjoy Sam's postings and you're correct Trapezus, he is a living history of diving and an asset to this forum.

 

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Çetin İnöntepe ,Aysun İnöntepe

 

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Eduard Admettla con una coja estanca

 

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[Sam Miller III]

Trapezus
You never fail to amaze me and educate the world on the short history of self contained recreational diving

A picture of a diver who lead the way -- " Way before Cousteau" -- who's contributions have all but been forgotten by the diving public.

A man who was a modern pioneer in all aspects of self contained diving .

This picture is a silent document of some of his contributions :
*** A "Portable" UW camera (Takes 6 men and the mess cook to lift -But portable
*** A dive mask ( in his early activities he used googles)
*** A modern mouth piece (initially he used Fenez mouth pieces )
*** A Console of Submersible Pressure Gauges :
* One identified air remaining
* One identified air being consumed
*** High pressure cylinders....
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Also ...
***** Developed an early Spear gun (the horror of it all !!! --spearing fish! )
***** The concept of an exposure suit
****** Conducted SCUBA classes in 1937 - That was 79 years ago!
****** Wrote an early long forgotten book "The first to dive"

WHO WAS THIS LONG FORGOTTEN MAN?

SDM

Take another look...

 

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Patrice Strazzera

CG-45

 

[olphart]

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Isnt that Sylvester Stallone on the left