Aquala Dry Suit Brochures Stickers 1982 Newspaper

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Up for bids is this unique little piece of diving history. George Wilby, our father, bought the company from the widow of the man that made them for the Navy, in California . Remember the term, frogman? This suit is where they got their nickname! Dad bought the company because he needed that type of suit because he was a ball hawk. He went into the ponds at golf courses along the USA east coast, retrieving the lost golf balls. Sometimes he found clubs and even a cart!! People in the diving business started calling him needing a suit, so Aquala was reborn. He moved the company from Fort Lauderdale , Florida to Carthage , North Carolina in 1981. He sold the business about 20 years later, as he was following other interests, and rubber trees were being forced fed making the rubber less than desirable for his purposes. The newspaper article about him was published in the Pilot Newspaper, located in Southern Pines, NC, March 17, 1982, before they narrowed the width of the paper. There are 2 brochures, 1 is a 8.5” x 11” paper folded in half, and the other is 3.5” x 8.5” with a blue cover and a separate order form. Our older brother and younger sister are actually pictured in the brochures, along with our Dad. The 2 stickers measure 2.75” square. These are great collectibles for divers, surfers, miners and old ball hawks as well as Navy read more

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