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• usnationalarchives
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• swimmer
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• bather
• tourists
• beach
• women
• swimsuit
• woman
• children
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• 1910s

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• U.S. National Archives 24 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 15 photos & illustrations
• Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons 6 photos & illustrations
• Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 5 photos & illustrations
• Nationaal Archief 3 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Virginia 2 photos & illustrations
• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection 2 photos & illustrations
• George Eastman Museum 1 photo / illustration
• Royal Australian Historical Society 1 photo / illustration
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 1 photo / illustration
• Mennonite Church USA Archives 1 photo / illustration
• National Library of Medicine 1 photo / illustration

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Here’s a selection of the conversations happening on these photos & illustrations:

Mermaid Club - Phila. (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• skillful north said:

  Those were some great fitting suits! Bet they would have loved spandex.

• BeeJay75 said:

  Well! My opinion of the 1910s has just improved considerably.

• csavage313 said:

  Interestingly, the suits women wore then were about the same as the ones men wore. Yet when people think of unisex clothing, they think of the distant future ...

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  I made a purse from this one:

• eliblack2 said:

  Yes, maybe, no, no.

Fietsband als zwemband / Bike tyre used as a swimming aid

from Nationaal Archief

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Michael Zammit said:

  That's a really good idea!

• pankaj singh baghel said:

  nice.

• sandeep Verma said:

  very good ...@@@@

• noble johnson said:

  hello

• Randall Wade (Rand) Grant said:

  Save those old tubes!

Mrs. Lillian Howard (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 3 older comments, and then…
• Narrow Hall said:

  fantastic

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  Brooklyn woman who swam from the Battery to Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, in 1911, and was an officer in the Women's National Life Saving Society/League in 1913-1914.

• Stieglitzz65 said:

  Thanks to all for the additional info. I love the swimwear fashions!

• pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity) said:

  I agree Stieglitzz65--I would absolutely buy a suit or two from a line of 1910s swimwear (maybe in updated fabrics, though).

• Edmée Olinger said:

  I like the atmosphere it shows of people than. Very nice.