Diving in the 60's
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Eric Sedletzky
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I like old pics.
The first thing people around here will bag on is in the first photo Ramon is grossly out of "trim", and the second photo the diver is all over the bottom touching stuff.
But hey, it was the 60's and that's how people dove....no BC's and all that.
The first thing people around here will bag on is in the first photo Ramon is grossly out of "trim", and the second photo the diver is all over the bottom touching stuff.
But hey, it was the 60's and that's how people dove....no BC's and all that.
El Graduado
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Nice images!
When Bob Marx and Mel and Deo Fisher came to Cozumel in 1957 to make a short promo film underwater for Pan American, Bob decided to stay on the island and started a dive operation out of the Hotel Playa. That was Cozumel's first dive shop. Bob employed Ramon in that operation and it was the experience Ramon got with Bob and the tourists that enabled him to open Aqua Safari with his other three partners. I think Bob was charging 8.00 USD a day for the dive, including boat, equipment, lunch and either Bob or Ramon as a guide.
On the way down to Cozumel, the Fisher group first dove in some cenotes at Chichen Itza, and filmed the endeavor. Here is a photo of one of the Mel Fisher group. Not the unusual rig:
This video can be seen at: http://www.melfisher.com/SalvageOperations/TributeToMel_VIDEO.asp
Go to that page and click on the line "Cenotes of Chichen Itza"
Here is a soft drink ad that appeared near an article about Cozumel published in the June 1961 edition of Life Magazine:
When Bob Marx and Mel and Deo Fisher came to Cozumel in 1957 to make a short promo film underwater for Pan American, Bob decided to stay on the island and started a dive operation out of the Hotel Playa. That was Cozumel's first dive shop. Bob employed Ramon in that operation and it was the experience Ramon got with Bob and the tourists that enabled him to open Aqua Safari with his other three partners. I think Bob was charging 8.00 USD a day for the dive, including boat, equipment, lunch and either Bob or Ramon as a guide.
On the way down to Cozumel, the Fisher group first dove in some cenotes at Chichen Itza, and filmed the endeavor. Here is a photo of one of the Mel Fisher group. Not the unusual rig:
This video can be seen at: http://www.melfisher.com/SalvageOperations/TributeToMel_VIDEO.asp
Go to that page and click on the line "Cenotes of Chichen Itza"
Here is a soft drink ad that appeared near an article about Cozumel published in the June 1961 edition of Life Magazine:
Queen Triggerfish
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I love these old pics, especially the tube socks and the Coca Cola ad.
Keep 'em coming if you have more!
Keep 'em coming if you have more!
I love the old photos too. Anyone else see what is wrong in the Coke add?...and I think I see a second thing.
judydivescoz
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Guess it takes a double hose diver to spot it , the reg, which is a Healthways SCUBA, is upside down.
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