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Bright Young Things at the Venice LidoFrom left, Alan Parsons, drama critic for the Daily Mail and husband of Viola Tree, Zita Jungman, Mr Robin D Erlanger (formerly Myrtle Farquarson)
The Lido-Laters by Howard K. ElcockFashionable society bathing and lying in the sun at the equally fashionable Venice Lido, under the familiar striped cabanna and parasols. Date: 1929
Mrs Satterthwaite at Eden RocPhyllis Helen Satterthwaite (nÚÑáCarr; 1886 1962) female tennis player from Great Britain who was active from the early 1910s until the late 1930s
Society basking on the Lido sandsWell-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
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
The Riviera in September 1926Fashionably attired people on the beach on the French Riviera in September. Date: 1926
Lido fashions for sunning and swimmingBeach 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
Lady Castlerosse at DeauvilleDoris Delavigne, Lady Castlerosse, pictured at the fashionable French resort of Deauville wearing sunglasses and her signature playsuit, this one in pale blue crepe de chine. Date: 1936
Poster, Fly Cunard Eagle to your holiday. circa 1960
Fashion for a September cruise, 1939A grey jersey shirt-waister dress from Lillywhites, perfect attire for a September cruise. On the arm of the deck-chair is a camel-hair coat. Date: 1939
Grassio beach, San Antonio, Ibiza, Balearic Islands, SpainGrassio beach, San Antonio (Sant Antoni de Portmany), Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain, with a sailing boat on the water. Date: circa 1950s
German Mountaineer hitting the heights of satisfactionThats the Limit !! As good as it gets!! A german Mountaineer has reached the peak of a high summit, he is sunbathing and his packed lunch is VERY satisfactory. Date: circa 1930s
Swimming pool and sunbathers in Le Touquet, FranceLe Touquet: sunbathers by the swimming pool. Date: 1938
Nice Beach Postcard - 1920On the beach at Nice, France Date: circa 1920
ZON SUN TAN OIL ADVERTZon sunbathing oil which makes you a glorious brown Date: 1930s
Sunbathing man on beach Newport, near Great YarmouthA sunbathing man sleeps on his back in the sun on the beach at Newport, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. He wears sunglasses, a bandana on his head and behind him are the sand dunes Date: 1992
Eastern Caravan Park, Newport, near Great Yarmouth, NorfolkA young family sunbathe and play on the beach outside their static caravan at the Eastern Caravan Park, Newport, near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England Date: 1992
Sunbathers on the beach at Langrune Sur Mar, NormandySunbathers shelter behind a wind break as they lie on the sandy beach at Langrune Sur Mar, Normandy, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988
Wading birds and female tourist on beach, Hamilton, BermudaA mature female tourist sunbather smiles as she watches four wading birds walking past her sunbed on a sandy beach, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: 2000
Wading bird and male tourist on beach, Hamilton, BermudaA mature male tourist sunbather wearing a cloth cap is unaware of the wading bird walking behind his sunbed on a sandy beach, Hamilton, Bermuda Date: 2000
Man snoozing outside his house in Stewart Street, Barrow inA male resident of Stewart Street, Barrow in Furness, lies on the pavement with his head on his own doorstep to sleep off his lunch in the sunshine
Crowded beach, Fuengirola, SpainThousands of tourists on the beach at Fuengirola, Costa del Sol, Spain. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989
Sunbathing lady on a deckchair - British Seaside Coast. Date: circa 1940s
Anchor Head - Weston-Super-Mare, SomersetSunbathing on the beach at Anchor Head - Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. Date: 1914
Riccoine, Italy - The Green Pearl of the Adriatic Coast. Date: circa 1930s
Marchioness of Milford Haven and Gloria VanderbiltNada, Marchioness of Milford Haven with her good friend Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt at fashionable Eden Roc on the French Riviera. Date: 1932
The Cult of Nudity - sunbathing fashions, 1930sPage 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
Female contortionist Diana Gaye relaxingThe female contortionist Diana Gaye stretching out and relaxing in her bikini. Date: 1971
Holidaymakers at Oddicombe Beach, Torquay, DevonAerial view of holidaymakers enjoying the sunshine on Oddicombe Beach, Torquay, Devon. circa 1960s
Advertisement for Nivea cream -- male and female models (John Miller and Margaret Rowe) with a pink parasol. 1959
Holidaymakers at Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, DevonAerial view of holidaymakers enjoying the sunshine on Babbacombe Beach, Torquay, Devon. Date: circa 1960s
Man outside tent, Lucas Holiday Camp, Norbreck, BlackpoolA man sitting outside a tent at the Lucas Holiday Camp in Norbreck, Blackpool. The camp was a summer holiday camp for young men and the location of holidays taken by the Health and Strength League
Model sunbathing in a white bikiniModel sunbathing in a garden in a white bikini. circa 1957
Derek Studley-Herbert and the Countess of SeafieldDerek Herbert Ogilvie-Grant-Studley-Herbert and his wife Nina Caroline Ogilvy-Grant, Countess of Seafield, sunbathing at the seaside in 1930, on the cover of The Tatler, 16th July 1930
Family outing to the seaside, beach scene, early 1950sA family pose for an informal photograph on the beach at an unidentified seaside resort. Assorted relatives in varying states of dress from a lady in a bikini at the front to a grandmother in dress
On a Strip of Shore by FougasseA 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
Guests at the Riviera villa of Maxine Elliott, 1932Page from The Bystander magazine in 1932 reporting on guests staying at the beautiful villa belonging to the American actress Maxine Elliott on the French Riviera
The perennial difficulty of getting changed on the beach when one only has a small wicker handbag and an unhelpful husband for assistance in preserving ones modesty... Date: circa 1950s
A young Common Monitor Lizard rests (sunbathing in order to raise the body-temperature) on a tree-trunk, fallen in a small stream in rainforest (Varanus salvator)
Boy scouts in camp, CzechoslovakiaBoy scouts in camp, relaxing and sunbathing, Czechoslovakia
Esme, wife of David WrightEsme Wright, formerly Esme Little, the wife of David Wright, who he met during the 1930s when she was working as a model, pictured here in Richmond Park, London in 1939
A Sun WorshipperA young sun worshipper raises his hands to the sun as he sunbathes in the middle of a field. Date: early 1930s
John Smedley knitted swimsuitsAdvertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938
Sunkist by Webster MurrayA fashionable 1920s woman in a bathing costume. Date: 1928
Ye Goddesses and Little Fishes by Jack GreenallWonderfully colourful and graphic depiction of typical modern girls of the 1920s sunbathing in technicolour swimsuits by a pool. Date: 1929
Sunbathing in the Swiss AlpsHoliday-makers at the St. Moritz resort in the Swiss Alps, 1920s. 1927
Larola skin care protectionA woman in beach attire holding a bottle of Larola lotion. The lotion is beneficial to the skin, cooling and refreshing, and provides relief to irritation caused by bites and stings of insects. 1930
Bathers at Palm Beach, Cannes, French RivieraSun bathers relaxing at Palm Beach, Cannes on the French Riviera in the 1930s. Date: 1934