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People on the beach at Seaside, Oregon, USA. Date: circa 1920
El Cordova Hotel and Apartments, Coronado, California, USA. Date: 1942
SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USASteamship SS Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA Date: circa 1920
Poster, Save your happy memories with a Kodak. circa 1920
Comic postcard, About 90 in the Shade. Date: circa 1910
Woman sunbathing underneath a parasol on the beachA woman sunbathing on an unidentified beach, with a parasol offering some protection. Date: 1920s
Family on holiday, 1930sA family relaxing on the beach at an unidentified seaside resort. Behind them, can be seen the backs of other people lined up on benches along a promenade. Date: 1930s
Family on the beach at Weston-super-MareA father with his trousers rolled up paddles in the sea and supervises a small child who is busy digging in the sand in front of the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare. Date: c.1930
Lady in a deckchair on the beachA woman called June looking very comfortable and organised in a deckchair on an unidentified beach. Date: 1930
Family group on the beach at RamsgateA family on the beach at Ramsgate. Little girls are busy digging themselves into holes in the sand while relatives make themselves comfortable on deckchairs
Jolly crowd in the seaA jolly crowd of bathers wave at the camera as they stand in the sea at an unidentified seaside resort. Date: 1920s
Little girl playing on the beachA little girl playing on the beach at an unidentified but fairly remote looking seaside location, c. 1910s/20s. Date: 1910s-20s
Cartoon, A hint for the seaside, no bathing machine required (just a wide crinoline). 1857
The Taverna of the Excelsior Palace, Venice LidoLuncheon at the Taverna restaurant of the Excelsior Palace Hotel at the fashionable Venice Lido. Diners were encouraged to visit the Taverna in their swimwear or beach pyjamas
The Holidays Quadrille by J PridhamPromotional music sheet for The Holidays Quadrille of 1874 by J. Pridham. Illustrated by Alfred Concanen, the image shows a family being welcomed into a stately home in the snow while the driver of
Promenade and beach at Llandudno, North Wales. 1930s
Impromptu dance to gramophone at river resortImpromptu dance to the gramophone at a river resort. Date: 1933
Royal Princess Parade and Floral Hall, Bridlington, North Yorkshire, summer 1931. 1931
Illustration, The Smugglers Cave. late 19th century
Illustration, The Rescue. late 19th century
Cartoon, Gaieties of Greenwich Fair. 19th century
Bar Basque at Biarritz, 1934Bar Basque, the rendezvous at which " everyone" who visits Biarritz turns up in the course of the day for an aperitif! Date: 1934
Gladys Cooper and children at Frinton on SeaActress Gladys Cooper on the beach at Frinton-on-Sea on the Essex coast where she had a holiday home with her children Joan and John Buckmaster. Date: 1927
Miss S. T. Phillips playing tennis at the Venice LidoKeeping cool in the lawn tennis court: Miss S. T. Phillips has a game in her bathing suit. Those staying at the Venice Lido regularly went from beach to tennis court in their bathing suit. Date: 1927
Cocktail time at Cap d Antibes, Marquise de Casa MauryEnjoying cocktails at Cap D Antibes - the Marquise de Casa Maury, formerly Miss Paula Gellibrand, seated at a beach side cafÚáÀith a friend
Oswald and Cynthia Mosley on hoilday in VeniceOswald Mosley and his first wife, the former Lady Cynthia Curzon, in a gondola on the Grand Canal in Venice, accompanied by Mr E. V. Strachey. Date: 1925
Mrs Ingram (Dorothy Caruso) on the Venice Lido beachDorothy Caruso, widow of the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso, pictured on the beach at the Venice Lido with her second husband, Captain Ernest Ingram and her children
Cairo Characters, ministers to the travellers comfortSketches of the types a traveller to Cairo might meet during his stay. Top left, a page boy, top right, a porter, centre, the dragomans (guides)
Sunbathers at Eden RocSunbathers at the famous Eden Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, an exclusive resort catering to sun worshippers who lay out on the famous orange mattresses. Date: 1930
Sun worshippers at Eden Roc at Cap D Antibes on the French Riviera. A favourite rendezvous of wealthy Brits during the inter-war years when tanning became ultra-fashionable. 1930
View of the pier and promenade, Eastbourne, Sussex. circa 1910s
Bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, SussexBand in the bandstand, Western Lawns, Hove, Sussex. Date: circa 1915
Palace Pier at night, Brighton, Sussex. Date: circa 1915
Coastal erosion, Black Rock, Brighton, Sussex, with tourists standing on the ledge. Date: circa 1912
Hotel Metropole, Kings Road, Brighton, SussexHotel Metropole, Kings Road (looking east), Brighton, Sussex. Date: 1910s
Sand sculpture of Jesus, Bournemouth, Hampshire -- Suffer little children to come unto me, by J Suchomlin. Date: 1931
The Sun Lounge, Plymouth, Devon. Date: circa 1930s
View of the beach at Makarska, CroatiaView of the beach at Makarska, on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. Date: circa 1930s
Coogee Bay Beach, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCoogee Bay Beach with Shark Tower (for observation), Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with hot sea bathing and massage rooms. Date: circa 1930s
Surf bathing, Manly Beach, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSurf bathing with holidaymakers and deckchairs at Manly Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1908
Lady Robinsons beach, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaLady Robinsons beach with bathers, Botany Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1900s
Famous Trains and their DestinationsPage from The Bystander featuring five of the society women wearing their costumes for the Railway Ball to be held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in aid of the Kensington
Bystander Winter Sports Number 1930Front cover of The Bystander magazines Winter Sports number featuring two stylish skiiers on the piste. Date: 1930
Amusements in Biarritz by Bryan de GrineauSketches recording life in Biarritz as pictured by the artist Bryan de Grineau in 1931. Holidaymakers are trying out the Basque sport of pelota - wearing a beret of course
The Brave and the Fair at PourvilleSome impressions of the Grand Hotel and Casino at Pourville on the Normandy coast, one of a number of resorts in the area to attract the chic and sophisticated society. Date: 1924
Hacienda Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, with people on a golf course in the foreground. Date: circa 1960
Hotel Plaza, Rockledge, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1908
The Landing, Island Beach, New Jersey, USA, with the Queen Anne paddle steamer and disembarking tourists. Date: circa 1906