Swim Wear Collection (page 2)

Bathing on the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1903
The crowded beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey, favoured resort of the Philadelphians. Almost everyone on the sand is wearing some form of swimwear

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

A Pretty Penny by Batcherlor
A glamorous bathing belle with a fashionable paper parasol poses elegantly on a penny coin. 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

A Study in Contrasts at La Plage by Laurie Tayler
A young woman in a fashionable, sporty green swimsuit emerges from the sea at Le Touquet to be met by her elderly maid with a towel. Date: 1927

Art deco sketch of a bathing beauty by Jean Gabriel Domargue, 1921 to accompany a feature about the pleasure of Deauville Date: 1922

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

Sur La Plage de Deauville by Peter, 1927
A scene at Deauville, a French resort particularly popular with the well-heeled and fashionable during the 1920s. Image depicts various glamorous bathing belles with colourful parasols

A Seaside Snap Shot by William Heath Robinson
Ingenious method of overcoming the difficulty of taking ones own photograph by bathing devised by the gadget king, and master of silly ideas, William Heath Robinson. Date: 1927

Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a dinghy
Sea Scouts swimming off the side of a sailing dinghy. circa 1920s

Rays of Sunshine by Peter
A scene in a sunny corner la plage at La Baule when the season is at its height. The resort in south Brittany became increasingly popular during the 1920s. Date: 1927

Fun on the beach at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Six young women run hand-in-hand towards the sea at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Other holidaymakers and rows of beach huts can be seen in the background. circa 1930

Silhouette of two bathing beauties
Beside the Seaside from Friday to Monday -- silhouette of two bathing beauties in their swimming gear on a long weekend

Advertisement for Selfridge bathing costumes
The Plash of the Waves -- advertisement for Selfridge bathing costumes, with a silhouette of three bathing beauties venturing into the sea for their daily dip

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

France, Wimereux - Pas de Calais. A lovely souvenir card featuring a fetching young female bather resting on a large rubber ring

Tatler front cover, Summer Number 1927
Front cover of The Tatler magazine Summer Number showing a girl in a bathing costume on the beach. Date: 1927

Brother and sister on holiday
A brother and sister on holiday, leaning against a wall in their swimsuits. Date: circa 1930s

Getting into the Swimming Pool

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

Advert for Jantzen swimming suits 1934

Swimwear 1910
Auntie Maudie and Auntie Dolly in their rather O.T.T. stripy bathing costumes at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England! Date: 1910

David Wright woman in green swimsuit

Bathers pose for photo at saltair, Utah, USA
Bathers prepare to take a jump into the Great Salt Lake at Saltair, Utah, USA Date: circa 1920s

The Bather - Domergue
" The Bather" Woman in swimwear holding a large parasol sitting on the pier, getting ready to go for a swim

Little boys first traumatic experience of the sea
A little boys first (rather traumatic) experience of taking a dip in the sea, despite soothing and encouraging words from Mama. Date: circa 1910s

Bather afraid to take a dip - Comic postcard
Comic Postcard from the Racing Illustrated series - " A poor display of Form" - this bather is certainly refusing the first jump!!! Date: 1903

Girl in studio pose in swimwear
Girl in a rather splendid swimming costume Date: circa 1910s

Churchill on holiday at Dieppe, 1911
Winston Churchill(1874 -1965), then the Home Secretary, snapped on his holidays at Dieppe in France. Churchill emerges from the sea

Bathing Belle posing on rocks with a large fishing net. Date: circa 1920s

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

Boy Charlton, Australian Olympic swimmer
The Australian freestyle swimmer Andrew Murray Charlton (1907-1975), nicknamed Boy Charlton. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres freestyle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris

Bathing Beauties 1914

Female Type / 4 Swimwear
Four young women in swimwear: two in bikinis, two in one- piece costumes. Date: 1950s

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

Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Thomas Cook
Cover illustration for Summer Holidays in the British Isles with Cooks World Travel Service, showing a little girl in a swimsuit with a bucket and spade, playing in a rock pool on the beach

Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Winter Sunshine, Cooks World Travel Service 1949-1950, showing a woman in swimwear sitting on a terrace overlooking the sea

Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland?
Cover photograph for Thomas Cooks brochure, Where shall we go -- Belgium or Holland. A young woman stands seductively in a swimsuit

Holland with Cooks
Cover photograph for Holland with Cooks, showing a young woman in a swimsuit and bathing hat in the sea, with a beach ball in her hands. In the background is a night view of the resort of Scheveningen

Little girl paddling, with bucket
A little girl paddling, with a bucket in her hand. She is wearing a knitted swimsuit

Family group of bathers in Devon
A family group of bathers at the seaside in Devon -- in the centre is Cecil Watts, and Olive Harper is standing on the right

Denmark - Danish Lovely by the seaside
Denmark - Danish Bathing Belle by the seaside, wearing a spectacularly risque outfit for the time!!!

Miss UK regional finals, St Ives, Cornwall
One of the contestants in the Miss UK regional finals poses in St Ives harbour, Cornwall in a revealing one-piece swimsuit

Glamour girl in the surf in Cornwall
A glamour girl in a bikini poses for her photo in the surf in Cornwall

Glamour girl on a beach in Cornwall
A glamour girl in a bikini poses for her photo on a beach in Cornwall

Spray Bathing - Victoria Falls
Natures Shower Bath! Spray Bathing under the rainbows at the Victoria Falls, South Africa

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

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