Swim Suits Collection

The Plane - and the Beautiful by Albert Bailey
A group of young women, attired in elegant swimwear, wave to an aeroplane flying up ahead. Date: 1927

Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochure
A Prestatyn Holiday Camp brochure -- Look! Heres your 1955 Holiday -- showing two women and a man in swimsuits standing on the deck of a ship, looking out

Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape Coast
A contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding

Poster advertising Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Poster advertising Port Elizabeth, a holiday resort on the coast of South Africa. Two young women in swimsuits dip their toes in the sea

One Mans Meat- by George Studdy
Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, looks away in horror (or boredom) as his owner peers a little more closely with the help of a pair of binoculars at a bevy of bathing beauties at

Silhouette swimwear advertisement, 1962
Jolly advertisement for Silhouette swimwear featuring a number of smiling (and, perhaps a little vacuous-looking) women on a beach wearing some brightly printed swimwear

The Peachcomber by Rick Elmes
A dapper chap in a sharp white suit and cane enjoys the attentions of several young women in bathing suits on a beach. Date: 1927

The Anchorite by Laurie Tayler
A lone male bather reads a newspaper on a jetty, unaware that he is the focus of every woman on the beach. Date: 1927

Les Girls Go Bathing: The Ensemble Entry Felix de Gray
Colour illustration showing glamorous dancing girls stylishly entering the sea

Ulysses and the Sirens by Wilmot Lunt
Three bathing belles in brightly-hued swimsuits, sunbathe on a rock and catch the attention of a young man in a passing speedboat. Date: 1927

The Trooping of the Colour by Norman Keene
A group of young women in an array of rainbow bright swimwear skip and run along a beach. Date: 1927

The Three Graces of Hollywood, Ames, Dee and Wood
Three Paramount movie stars, Adrienne Ames, Frances Dee and Judith Wood pose for an atmospheric photograph on the beach in California. Date: 1931

Bournemouth Water Chute
Bathers at Bournemouth wait their turn for a go on the water chute

Advert for J. Roussel swim suits for men & women 1935
The new swim suit by Roussel in airollasta Swim suits by Roussel gently control the figure and mould it to slim beauty without the least restriction to the most vigorous movement. 1935

The Amphibians, 1927 by Peter
A somewhat sybaritic seaside scene showing a young, fashionable men and women having fun at the Lido, buying fruit from a seller. Date: 1927

Sea Urchins by Charles Robinson
Lovely illustration showing two girls in pretty swimsuits finding a small baby in a rock pool. Date: 1927

What are the Wild Waves Saying by Blam
A couple steal a quick kiss while swimming in the sea. Date: 1927

Beach fashion, 1927
Two elaborate costumes for the beach. On the left is a jockey swimming suit of pik and black satin complete with matching cap

Bystander masthead design, 1927 - Beach scene
Illustration for the Bystander masthead showing a 1920s woman reclining on a beach while her friends enjoy splashing about in the sea. Date: 1927

Two ladies in saucy swimwear, which would have been EXTREMELY racey for this time period! They fool around on the end of a jetty at the endge of a lake. Date: circa 1904

Advert for Kestos brassiere 1934
Advert for Kestos lingerie, to be worn under swimwear. 1934

Advert for Jantzen swimming suits 1934

Camping & Canoeing
Two young men in swimsuits stand outside their tent on riverbank and watch a canoe paddling by. Date: 1930s

Keep Fit Classes on holiday
Girls exercising under the guidance of a fully trained instructor at the French coastal resort of Trouville, France, where a well-equipped gymnasium has been built on the beach by the local

Couple on the beach
On the beach. A couple in fashionable swimwear lounge on the seashore. Date: 1903

Game / Barrel-Boating 1911
Four boys in their swimsuits have a barrel-boat race Date: 1911

Bathing machines been rolled into the sea
Women pulling their bathing machine into the sea 1876

A Line Study in Everyones Sketch Book by Howard Elcock
An artists fantasy - a shapely woman in a skimpy bathing costume decorated with a riotous pattern uses a pier as a catwalk as she is sketched by numerous identikit artists

The Punters by William Barribal
Two pouting girls in fashionable bathing costumes relax as they punt along a river under the shade of a Chinese parasol

Five men sitting in the sea in bathing suits
Five men sitting in the sea in their one-piece bathing suits. Four of them are smiling -- one looks more serious

Two men and a woman picnicking in bathing suits
Two men and a woman, all in their bathing suits, enjoying a champagne picnic at the waters edge, with some rocks behind them

Poster advertising Besancon la Mouillere in France, a healthy place with a salt water cure for mothers and their children

Lastex advertisement
Advertisement for Lastex yarn, which swimmers appreciate due to the stretch of straps and fabric that sun and sea cannot destroy

Two boys with a water hose in a Devon garden
Two boys cooling off during a hot summer in their garden in Devon. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

French travel poster - Le Pays de Caux
Poster advertising the Pays de Caux region along the North West French coast with two ladies in swimsuits presenting a map depicting all the resorts with beaches close to hand

Bondi Beach 1908
Swimmers in swimming costumes on Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jolly swimmers
Jolly French swimmers - fresh from a dip

Bathing Beauties 1927
Three bathing beauties relaxing by the sea at Cayeux-sur-Mer, France

Bathing Beauties 1910
Two bathers in fancy swimsuits and hats pose theatrically on the steps of their bathing hut

Bathing in the Sea / 1911
A group of men, women and children having fun bathing and paddling in the sea; one lady wears quite a formal long dress and black hat

Two Piece Swimsuits 1876
Two swimmers in the two-piece short-sleeve bathing costume of the day. The short knickers are quite revealing compared with the long dresses of contemporary fashion

Swimwear / Women C. 1905
A young man reclining near some bathing machines gets a good view of the young ladies as the frolic & bathe. The modest swimsuits imitate the dresses of the period

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