Sunbathing Collection

Advertisement for Hotel du Cap D Antibes
Advertisement for the Hotel du Cap D Antibes at Eden Roc, Antibes on the French Riviera, showing sunbathers and swimmers enjoying the flat rocks that act as such a sun trap for sun worshippers

Poster - Eat More Fruit - for Health and Vitality - published / issued by the Retail Fruit Trade Federation Ltd. Date: 1950s

Girls on Sun Bed
A group of factory girls from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, topping up their tans with the aid of sunray treatment. Shame about the goggles... Date: early 1930s

A view of Eden Roc on the French Riviera
A view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop

Lady Milford Haven and Gloria Vanderbilt at Antibes
Nada Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven (1896 1963) seen at the back of this picture with Lady Bower Smith and Gloria Vanderbilt

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

Poster, All the year round the French Riviera calls you
Poster, French National Railways, All the year round the French Riviera calls you. 1949

Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
A man sits in a deck chair with his feet up on the railing of Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. The beach is in the background Date: 1992

The dangers of getting a personal tattoo
" First of All, Mary, theres something awful I must get off my chest." The dangers of getting a personal tattoo - A dapper gent has to admit to a previous romantic liason to his new young

Marquise de Casa Maury
The Marquise de Casa Maury, formerly Miss Paula Gellibrand, and Mrs Loel Guinness, formerly Joan Yarde-Buller, daughter of Lord Churston. Joan later divorced her husband and married Prince Aly Khan

Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte Carlo
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973), Italian fashion designer, pictured on holiday at Monte Carlo in the company of her daughter, Gogo. Date: 1938

Topless girls, Costa del Sol
Topless girls on beach, Benalmdena, Costa Del Sol, Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

The Roof Garden of Downs Hotel, Hassocks
The Roof Garden of the Downs Hotel, Hassocks, fitted up like an ocean liner. Beyond are seen the undulating Sussex Downs. The hotel was one of a number of venues in the south

The Swimming Pool, Havre-des-Pas, Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1960s

Broadstairs, Kent - The Sands and Pier. Date: circa 1911

Sunbathing at Kilkee County Clare, Republic of Ireland

Wish You Were Here postcard
Seaside postcard featuring a woman in a yellow swimsuit sunbathing in a rather uncomfortable rocky spot on an unidentified beach

Beach lovers, Fuengirola, Spain
Young lovers with arms around each other on the crowded beach at Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, Spain Date: 1989

Cornwall, England - Bossiney Cove, Tintagel. Date: circa 1970s

Cornwall, England - Porth Beach, Newquay. Date: circa 1970s

Cornwall, England - Kingsand, Rame Head. Date: circa 1970s

Advert for Player's cigarettes
A young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939

USA - Sunbathing, Santa Monica California

Comic postcard, Large man sunbathing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Large woman sunbathing at the seaside Date: 20th century

Monna Delta enjoying the Riviera at Cannes and Eden Roc at Cap d Antibes, 1927 giving a bathing-suit parade Date: 1927

British high society enjoying the beach at Biarritz, 1927 with Viscount Moore (Earl of Droghedas son and heir) wearing a basque beret, Mr Henry Worthrey and Mr Lowenstein Date: 1927

A party of British high society Belles at Cap d Antibes
A party of British high society Belles sunbathing at Cap d Antibes, 1927 with Miss Fletcher-Mossop, Miss Sheldon, the Vicomtesse de Sibour, Mrs Gerald Thompson and Mrs Mountain Date: 1927

Sunbathers at Palm Beach, Florida including the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, 1925 Date: 1925

A family on the beach at the seaside, sitting in deckchairs against the sea wall. Above them, just behind the railings, are the backs of several people sitting along the sea front. Date: c.1935

Advertisement for Maison Lyons chocolates showing art deco style figures indulging in various sport and leisure activities

Shop window beachwear design, woman sunbathing in deckchair. 1937

Lady Lettice Lygon by Olive Snell
Lady Lettice Cotterell (nÚÑáLygon) (1906-1973), Wife of Sir Richard Charles Geers Cotterell, 5th Bt; daughter of 7th Earl Beauchamp. Lygon family possible inspiration for Waughs Brideshead Revisited

Viscountess Weymouth pictured on holiday (probably on the Riviera) by Olive Snell. She was formerly the Hon. Daphne Winifred Louise Vivian (1904-1997), and married Viscount Weymouth in 1927 Date: 1929

Advert for Elizabeth Arden sun cream 1934
Advertisement for sunbathing products by Elizabeth Arden including her Ardena Sunpruf Cream for protection and Velva Beauty Film to make you appear tanned and chic

Ponds Cold Cream as sun protection
Advertisement for Ponds Cold Cream, suggesting that, if applied before exposure (to the sun), prevents the skin from becoming dry and burnt. I m not entirely convinced by this claim. Date: 1930

Swimming pool and suntan beach area - Ambassadors Hotel
A colorised representation of the swimming pool and suntan beach area at the Ambassadors Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, 1920s Date: 1920s

Bathing scene in front of Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Atlantic City
A bathing scene in front of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the beach and bathers at the Lido, Venice, 1920s Date: 1920s

A sketch of the beach and bathers at the Lido, Venice, 1920s outside the Excelsior Hotel Date: 1920s

People relaxing on the beach, Pesaro, Italy. Date: 1930s

Woman sunbathing underneath a parasol on the beach
A woman sunbathing on an unidentified beach, with a parasol offering some protection. Date: 1920s

Family on holiday, 1930s
A 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

Lady in a deckchair on the beach
A woman called June looking very comfortable and organised in a deckchair on an unidentified beach. Date: 1930

M. and Mme. Dubonnet at the Miramar beach, Biarritz
Madame Paul Dubonnet, formerly Mrs Jean Nash, regularly declared the best-dressed woman in Europe, on the beach at Biarritz while her husband, of the drinks dynasty, sunbathes nearby. 1932

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

Sunbathers at Eden Roc
Sunbathers 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

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