Swimsuits Collection

Beauty on Parade - a beach belle by David Wright
Front cover of The American Weekly featuring an illustration by David Wright, of a red-haired woman in a green swimsuit relaxing on the beach. Date: 1948

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing dresses & capes 1924
Selection of womens exclusive bathing dresses with separate knickers and capes. Date: 1924

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing costumes 1927
One piece swimsuits and separate tunics with knickers in a variety of styles in different colours and patterns and also rubber caps with flowers, available at Gorringes, Buckingham Palace Road

Recruiting on the beach at Southsea, WW1
A call to arms. A very persuasive pair of recruiting sergeants, Beattie and Babs, on the beach at Southsea. The pair later appeared on stage at the Southend Hippodrome to continue their campaign

Group of Female Bathers at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. Date: circa 1909

Twelve Chums having a gay old time on the beach! Date: circa 1920s

French actresses in swimsuits at Great Fosters, Egham
Betty Spell and Reine Paulet, actresses playing in Paris in London at the Comedy Theatre in 1932, pictured visiting Great Fosters in Egham

British Seaside Scene - Two woemn dry off after dip in sea
Two women (the one of the left would win a Princess Margaret lookalike Competition) dry off after a dip in the sea. Possible Daughter (left) and Mother (right)

Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team - Bournemouth - relaxing
Aquashow Sychronised Swimming Team members at Bournemouth - relaxing in the sea at the beach. Date: 1961

Two models and line illustrations showing knitted wool swimsuts Date: 1935

Victorian women playing water polo
The Ravensbourne Ladies water polo cup, the teams that competed were Jersey and Swansea, playing at the Westminster Baths in Great Smith Street. The Swansea ladies won by four goals to two

Advert for Bathing Suits
An advert for the latest range of bathing suits available at Debenhams. Date: 1932

Swimming Season
Swimming scenes from pools in Wembley, Blackpool and San Francisco. The new Wembley pool is being opened by Rt. Hon. L. S. (Leo) Amery (1873-1955). Date: 1932

Advert for Slixsilver swimsuits. The one pictured is made of silver oilsilk. Date: 1939

Advert for Ovaltine Cold
An advert for Ovaltine Cold, promoting it as an energy-giving tonic. Date: 1939

Summer fashion ideas for women: a plage suit with a lozenge-patterned jerkin, and two swimsuits. Date: 1954

Jolly crowd in the sea
A jolly crowd of bathers wave at the camera as they stand in the sea at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: 1920s

Knitted swim wear 1940
Page from a magazine showing a model wearing a knitted bikini. Date: 1940

Beach fashions for women 1930
Model wearing the latest fashionable beach wear. 1930

Advert for Lillywhites beach fashions 1930
A model wearing three styles for beach wear for summer 1930. 1930

Tatler Cover, Summer Number 1954
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number with a stylised illustration of a seaside resort in the Edwardian era with bathing beauties being surprised by a lusty looking Neptune in the water. Date: 1954

Womens swimwear 1909
Woman wearing a daring swimming costume for the time, with criss-cross ties to the sides. 1909

Fashionable bathing costume 1911
Woman wearing a soft emerald-green satin decorated with white braid, available from Debenham and Freebody s. Date: 1911

Mixed bathing
Cats in swimsuits frolicking in the see. Date: 1908

Page of Fashion adverts 1937
Two adverts from Woolands of model wearing a graceful full length Ascot dress, designed in floral organza, patterned in charming shades, petalled frill on bodice and skirt

Frolicking in the Surf Date: 1948

Smart bathing dress 1912
Woman wearing a smart swim dress in white with yoke collar, French buttons, cloak and also a (bicorne) Napoleon silk hat. Date: 1912

Group Photo of Bathers
A mixed group of men, women and children all having a good time bathing in the sea Date: circa 1910

1950s Bathing Lovelies posing on a set of steps (leading to a high diving board?) - possibly at a Holiday Camp? Date: circa 1950s

British Seaside - Water Slide fun. Date: circa 1920s

One, Two, Three... JUMP! Four Dutch Bathers dive in... Date: circa 1910s

Opatjia, Croatia - Bathers swimming beneath the sea wall by the Hotel Kvarner. Date: 1908

Couple sitting in surf - British seaside candid photograph
Young Couple sitting in the surf - classic British seaside candid photograph - August, 1921. Unless it is a glitch on the photographic plate (possible)

Two little black children on the beach - fish in a jam jar
The Catch of the Season. Two little black children on the beach holding a fish in a jam jar. Date: circa 1905

We re Here For Our Annual (Holiday) - smart young folk playing on the edge of the lido pool Date: 1930

Beauty contest lineup for Miss County of Cornwall
Beauty contest lineup in swimsuits for Miss County of Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Mr Dale Bourne & Mrs Beryl Mills at Monte Carlo Beach
Mrs Beryl Mills in a yellow bathing suit and Mr Dale Bourne, golfer pictured by the Monte Carlo pool. They were both guests of Lady Hindlips house part at Cap Ferrat. Date: 1932

The Cult of Nudity - sunbathing fashions, 1930s
Page from The Sphere reporting on the growing vogue for sunbathing fashions, particularly backless swimsuits - a style that began at the fashionable French resorts of the Riviera

Advert for Lillywhites summer sports clothing 1930
Fashions for all summer sports, available at Lillywhites, Piccadilly. 1930

Durban, South Africa - a Paradise for Bathers
Durban (Port Natal), South Africa, packed with holiday-makers, enjoying both the beach itself and an open-air swimming pool. 1928

Two lady bathers in Marshall & Snelgrove swimsuits, one holding an parasol and pointing out to sea. The lady seated on the beach is wearing a wool-back satin bathing suit; the lady on the right has a

1930s beach wear
1930s woman wearing one piece swimming costume, ribbon tied around the head and white shoes

Children in swimwear 1909
Five children at various ages, posing for the camera in St Malo in France. 1909

The Sea Hath Pearls by Claude Shepperson
Bathing scene showing women in brightly coloured swimming costumes getting ready for a dip in the sea. Date: 1918

Three young women bathing in the sea, Southwold, Suffolk
Three young women bathing in the sea at Southwold, Suffolk. They are N Cattley, Lucy Auerbach and M Cattley. Date: 1911

Sea-suits for sunning and swimming 1930
Women models relaxing with the latest beach pyjamas, (left model), Distinctly nautical air, and is made of sponge cloth and cotton in natural colours with wavy stripes, from Army and Navy Stores

John Smedley knitted swimsuits
Advertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938

Max Dearly with bathing costume winners, French Riviera
Famous French actor Max Dearly, together with his wife, pictured judging a bathing costume competition at Cap d Antibes in 1928. Date: 1928

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