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Swimsuit Collection (page 6)

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Mrs Richard Norton & Lady Brecknock at Monte Carlo beach

Mrs Richard Norton & Lady Brecknock at Monte Carlo beach
A snapshot from Monte Carlo beach showing two well-known beauties - one sunburned quite brown and the other still white-skinned. The Hon

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Dewars whisky advertisement - swimming pool

Dewars whisky advertisement - swimming pool
Advertisement for Dewars whisky featuring a group enjoying the jubilee spirit in the swimming pool. We wouldn t recommend combining whisky with swimming but no doubt this chap is going to enjoy a wee

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: 1930s beach wear

1930s beach wear
1930s woman wearing one piece swimming costume, ribbon tied around the head and white shoes

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Aileen Marson - Showgirl

Aileen Marson - Showgirl Date: 1938

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Three children holding hands, paddling in the sea

Three children holding hands, paddling in the sea. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Come on and join me! - girl flies off a diving board

Come on and join me! - girl flies off a diving board
Come on and join me! - curvy girl in tight red swimsuit flies off the diving board! Date: circa 1930

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Miss Modern Christmas August 1932 by Wilton Williams

Miss Modern Christmas August 1932 by Wilton Williams
Front cover of Miss Modern magazine featuring an illustration showing women surf-riding - a sort of forerunner of water-skiing. Date: 1932

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Young woman in pink swimsuit by swimming pool

Young woman in pink swimsuit by swimming pool
Young woman in a pink swimsuit, lying on a diving board by a swimming pool. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Miss Wales at St Ives for Miss UK Finals

Miss Wales at St Ives for Miss UK Finals
Miss Wales (Barbara Christian) posing at St Ives during a break in the Miss UK Finals. Date: 1985

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Little girl at the seaside on a comic postcard

Little girl at the seaside on a comic postcard -- Hurry up, Auntie, theres another big wave coming! Date: circa 1900s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Three young women bathing in the sea, Southwold, Suffolk

Three young women bathing in the sea, Southwold, Suffolk
Three young women bathing in the sea at Southwold, Suffolk. They are N Cattley, Lucy Auerbach and M Cattley. Date: 1911

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Sea-suits for sunning and swimming 1930

Sea-suits for sunning and swimming 1930
Women models relaxing with the latest beach pyjamas, (left model), Distinctly nautical air, and is made of sponge cloth and cotton in natural colours with wavy stripes, from Army and Navy Stores

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: John Smedley knitted swimsuits

John Smedley knitted swimsuits
Advertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Model on beach with fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall

Model on beach with fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall
Model on the beach in a swimsuit with a fishing boat, St Ives, Cornwall. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: People in leisurewear and swimwear on board ship

People in leisurewear and swimwear on board ship
A group of people in leisurewear and swimwear on board ship, possibly in Miami, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Sunkist by Webster Murray

Sunkist by Webster Murray
A fashionable 1920s woman in a bathing costume. Date: 1928

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Max Dearly with bathing costume winners, French Riviera

Max Dearly with bathing costume winners, French Riviera
Famous French actor Max Dearly, together with his wife, pictured judging a bathing costume competition at Cap d Antibes in 1928. Date: 1928

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Women bathers 1913

Women bathers 1913
Women enjoying the summer days at Ostend seaside resort, wearing one piece bathing-dresses, which women were permitted to wear in public. 1913

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: My Lucky Star - Girl in Red Bathing Costume and Striped Cap

My Lucky Star - Girl in Red Bathing Costume and Striped Cap. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Mother and son doing handstand

Mother and son doing handstand -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Woman on St Ives beach with yacht sail

Woman on St Ives beach with yacht sail -- one of a series of images taken by Adams for the British Councils postwar Peacetime Britain campaign. circa 1946

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Sizing up at the Miss California Beauty Contest

Sizing up at the Miss California Beauty Contest
Judges at the Miss California beauty contest held at Venice, California in the summer of 1939, using a scientific device to assist them in their decision

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: The Nose Game - Artistic Nose D6

The Nose Game - Artistic Nose D6, Denotes Refinement. 1927

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Three people relaxing, Lessingen, Germany, WW2

Three people relaxing, Lessingen, Germany, WW2
Three people relaxing at Lessingen, Germany, July 1945. 1945

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Advertisement for Wolsey Bathing Suits 1930

Advertisement for Wolsey Bathing Suits 1930
Advertisement for a range of colourful bathing suits by British brand, Wolsey. 1930

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing beauty reclining on a couch

Bathing beauty reclining on a couch, wearing what was 9for the time) a rther shocking swinsuit. Date: circa 1920

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: The Plage by A. Vallee

The Plage by A. Vallee
Scene on the beach at an unidentified French resort, with one stylish bather taking to the sea, while other fashionable types mingle on the rocks and beach. Date: 1925

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Aladdin, St Julians Hall, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Aladdin, St Julians Hall, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 23 January 19?? Two nights only. The small venue could probably not afford to reproduce the poster in colour. circa 1910s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Malo-les-Bains, France - bathers

Malo-les-Bains, France - bathers
A man in a bathing suit stands in the surf of the Malo-les-Bains beach, near Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in France. Behind him are other bathers as well as various boats. circa 1910s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Young woman and sailor on a German postcard

Young woman and sailor on a German postcard
A young woman in a swimsuit is carried by a sailor on a German postcard (the caption reads: A sweet burden). The two holes are designed for someone to put their fingers through

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Jantzen swimwear

Jantzen swimwear
Jantzen swimming costumes made from Lastex yarn, modelled by a relaxed group of bright young things. Available from Jaeger. Date: 1934

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing fashions from Debenham and Freebody

Bathing fashions from Debenham and Freebody
Advertisement for Debenham and Freebody and their bathing suit fashions for 1934. On the left is the seasons swimming suit with a perfect fitting brassiere top

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Mrs Frye at Monte Carlo Beach

Mrs Frye at Monte Carlo Beach
Mrs Frye, wife of Mr W. Byron Frye pictured in a white bathing suit with green sash posing by the waterfall at Monte Carlo Beach on the French Riviera in 1932. Date: 1932

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Captain and Mrs Woolf Barnato at Eden Roc

Captain and Mrs Woolf Barnato at Eden Roc
The financier and car racer Woolf Barnato and his wife Claridge Quealy pictured at fashionable Eden Roc on the French Riviera in 1932

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931

Wolsey bathing suits and beach suits advertisement, 1931
Advertisement for Wolsey bathing and beach suits made of smooth, soft wool, with an elastic, close-ribbed knit that makes them fit, in the water or out of it, just like an extra skin. Date: 1931

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: The Girl Who Really Went to Swim

The Girl Who Really Went to Swim
A girl pauses on a diving board as she prepares to dive into a swimming pool. The title of the picture is a comment on the increasing craze for sunbathing during the late 1920s - somebody actually

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Monte Carlo advertisement, 1932

Monte Carlo advertisement, 1932
Advertisement for Monte Carlo beach on the French Riviera and all its associated entertainments. Date: 1932

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Bath at the beach. Engraving

Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. Bath at the beach. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration. 1890. Colored

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing at Brighton during the holidays

Bathing at Brighton during the holidays - young women emerge from a bathing machine. circa 1900s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Music cover, Lets Have A Basinful of the Briny

Music cover, Lets Have A Basinful of the Briny, song by Ralph Butler and Harry Tilsley. Showing a family of three having fun on the beach. 1934

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Girl on Rock 1950S

Girl on Rock 1950S
Fifties brunette, standing atop a barnacle encrusted rock in the sea, recreates the Birth of Venus wearing a plaid swimsuit & hiding her modesty with a towel. Date: 1950s

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Swimwear / Barbier 1913

Swimwear / Barbier 1913
Pretty bathing belle in a swimsuit consisting of a high waisted & belted tunic (presumably with shorts or bloomers beneath) & a matching cap daintily holds a crab. Date: 1913

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing Beauty 1918

Bathing Beauty 1918
An elegant red-headed lady in a green swimsuit goes for her first swim. Date: 1918

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing Beauty C1910

Bathing Beauty C1910
An elegant bather in red swimsuit and cap, and a diaphanous pink veil, steps gingerly into the sea. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: First Dip of the Year

First Dip of the Year
Taking her first dip of the year, this young womans tight bathing costume doesn t leave much to the imagination. Date: 1914

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Bathing Beauty / Sporty

Bathing Beauty / Sporty
A sporty young woman balancing on a kind of raft towed by a powerboat, and loving every minute of it. Date: 1917

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Slix bathing suit, 1938

Slix bathing suit, 1938
A slix swim suit in lined oil silk, shirred and draped, never shrinks or sags and telescopically fits all figures. Worn together with a Slix cape in the same fabric. Date: 1938

Background imageSwimsuit Collection: Young lad sitting on a sandy beach - Summer

Young lad sitting on a sandy beach - Summer. Date: circa 1930s



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