Lido Collection (page 2)

An art deco sketch of gondolas in Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

An art deco sketch of two women entering a gondola in Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

The garden of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

Small entertainment rooms - Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice
One of the smaller entertainment rooms of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

A dance at the Saturnalia festival or party on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

Saturnalia festival or party on the terrace of the Excelsior
The Saturnalia festival or party on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

Lantern festival on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel, Lid
A scene of the outdoor party lantern festival on the terrace of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

Show in the ballroom of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice
A scene from a show in the ballroom of the Excelsior Hotel, Lido, Venice, 1924 dedicated to the painter Giovanni Onorto Fragonard Date: 1924

Sketch of a woman enjoying the beach at the Lido, Venice, 1924 Date: 1924

Cover of the Brochure Fetes D Ete Lido-Venise, summer 1924 (Summer party at the Lido-Venice) Date: 1924

The lido (top) and Lido beach (bottom), Lido, Venice
A view of the lido (top) and Lido beach (bottom), Lido, Venice, 1929 Date: 1929

Ballet Vermel at Chez Nous cabaret, Hotel Excelsior, Lido-Venice, 1927 Date: 1927

Dancer American Billy Shaw appearing at Chez Nous cabaret
The dancer American Billy Shaw (Billie Shaw) appearing at Chez Nous cabaret, Hotel Excelsior, Lido-Venice, 1927 with Bobby Dupree doing eccentric, acrobatic and novety dances Date: 1927

A view of the Hotel Excelsior from the entrance on the canal, 1920s Date: 1920s

King Fuad of Egypt at the Venice Lido, 1927
King Fuad I of Egypt visiting Venice. Pictured making himself comfortable in a cabana (or capanna) on the Lido beach. Date: 1927

The Taverna of the Excelsior Palace, Venice Lido
Luncheon 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

Miss S. T. Phillips playing tennis at the Venice Lido
Keeping 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

Mrs Ingram (Dorothy Caruso) on the Venice Lido beach
Dorothy 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

Countes Anna Andreoli at the Venice Lido
Countess Anna Andreoli posing rather dramatically on a gondola at the Venice Lido. Date: 1930

Bathing at the Lido, near Venice
Bathers enjoying the warm waters of the Adriatic Sea at the Venice Lido in 1901. The building of the bathing establishment ( stabilimenti ), seen here on the left

Lido Auto Court, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Lido Auto Court, Highway 91, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA -- a luxury motor lodge. Date: circa 1940

Lady Diana Cooper at Venice Lido with inflatable fish
Lady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, pictured in a pyjama suit paddling at the Venice Lido carrying a large inflatable fish! Date: 1926

Pyjama suits at the Venice Lido, 1926
Mrs. Forster, Mr George Thomas and Mrs. Emery at the Venice Lido, all wearing very fetching and rather flamboyant pyjamas suits, the de rigeur wear for the Lido. Date: 1926

Bright Young Things at the Venice Lido
From left, Alan Parsons, drama critic for the Daily Mail and husband of Viola Tree, Zita Jungman, Mr Robin D Erlanger (formerly Myrtle Farquarson)

Marchese di San Faustino at the Venice Lido
Jane di San Faustino, one of the leaders of Venice society pictured at the Lido with her Sealyham Terrier. Although she was American

The Lido-Laters by Howard K. Elcock
Fashionable society bathing and lying in the sun at the equally fashionable Venice Lido, under the familiar striped cabanna and parasols. Date: 1929

Lunch at Taverna of the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Venice Lido
Impression of the Taverna restaurant, part of the huge Excelsior Palace Hotel on the beach at the Venice Lido. Diners rarely dressed for lunch

Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge in polka dots at Venice Lido
Princesse Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, formerly Baba D Erlanger pictured taking her dogs for a walk at the Venice Lido with her husband and mother, Baroness D Erlanger

Rosita Forbes at the Venice Lido
Mrs Arthur McGrath, aka the renowned writer, traveller and journalist, Rosita Forbes at the Venice Lido in 1931 surrounded by her husband (in the hat) and Major Mathews and Major Duffus. Date: 1931

Society basking on the Lido sands
Well-known personalities of Venetian society sunbathing at the Venice Lido. The Hon. Mrs Evelyn Fitzgerald, Prince Jean de Faucigny-Lucigne, Count Giovanni Sangro de Buccino

Oliver Messel, Mme Lelong and Serge Lifar at Venice Lido
Theatre designer and interior decorator Oliver Messel, Mme Lucien Lelong (Princess Natalie Paley) and the Ballets Russes star

Cecil Beaton and Elsa Maxwell at the Venice Lido
Cecil Beaton pictured with renowned party-giver Elsa Maxwell at the Venice Lido in 1933. Date: 1933

The Joys of the Lido - boating and bathing - to say nothing of sun-bathing. An artists celebration of the fashionable Venice Lido in 1926. Date: 1926

Suzanne Lenglen at the Venice Lido, 1926
Tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen pictured at the Venice Lido beach wearing orange pyjamas and carrying a parasol. Date: 1926

The new lido at Baden
View of the Lido was built at Baden in the 1920s, sixteen miles from Vienna, to attract more visitors. Vast quantities of sand were imported in trucks

Bathers at Baden
Bathers enjoying the seaside life at landlocked Baden, renowned for its thermal springs. A Lido was built in the 1920s, sixteen miles from Vienna, to attract more visitors

Countess Beatty, Duchess of Sutherland & Lady Ednam, Lido
High society enjoying the pleasures of life at the Venice Lido while being dressed entirely appropriately in beach pyjamas. From left, Countess Beatty, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Ednam

Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas

Scenes from the Lido in Venice, Italy - riding on horseback in the sea (top left), an illuminated night-time cabaret (bottom left), people on the floating bar (top centre)

Lido fashions for sunning and swimming
Beach ensembles for the fashionable Venice Lido. On the left is a pyjama suit of stockinette in blue and white with a coat in a modern design

A Lido Reflection by Tony Wysard
A gathering of society at the Venice Lido, at a party given by Elsa Maxwell. Left to right are: Serge Lifar, Miss Elsa Maxwell, Lady Abdy, the Baroness d Erlanger and her daughter

Advert for the Lido, Venice (1927) - La plage du soleil at des pyjamas Date: 1927

Casablanca, Morocco - Water Slide at the Swimming Pool
circa 1910s

Relaxing on Deck Date: 1941

Chez Vous, Venice Lido by Fortunino Matania
An impression of Chez Vous, the night club of the Excelsior Hotel at the Venice Lido, favoured resort for smart society, showing the multi-coloured fountains providing a magical backdrop to the dance

Open Air Swimming Baths - West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
The Open Air Swimming Baths (now demolished) - West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside (formerly in Cheshire) Date: circa 1910s

Mrs Wilfrid Ashley at the Venice Lido, Italy
Mrs Wilfrid Ashley (?-1954), later Lady Mount Temple, nee Muriel (Molly) Spencer and formerly the Hon Mrs Forbes-Sempill. Seen here at the Venice Lido, Italy, seeking inspiration for her work

On a Strip of Shore by Fougasse
A couple, wrapped in gowns and beach towels, look around them aghast at the beach at the (presumably) scantily clad people. Eventually they themselves strip down to the bare minimum. Date: 1931

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