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Juan les Pins travel postersTravel poster advertising the fashionable resort of Juan les Pins on the Cote d Azur in the Alpes Maritimes south east region of France
Pin-up calendar girl by David Wright, 1955A blonde woman, who looks as if she is sunbathing topless, turns round to look seductively at the viewer, as she swings her sunglasses in one hand. Date: 1955
A view of Eden Roc on the French RivieraA view of the fashionable French Riviera destination, Eden Roc, where a bathing and sunbathing complex was fashioned out of the rocky coastal outcrop
The Marquess and Marchioness of Milford Haven sun-tanning at Antibes
Accessories for Sunshine, 1954A woman sits enjoying the holiday sunshine surrounded by raffia accessories including a huge coolie hat, natural sandals, red sandals, a cone bag, an Ascher cotton square in diced blue and white
Stripping Oak BarkFour working class men in flat caps work as a team, stripping bark off a huge oak tree, which has been felled for tanning
Advert for Beetham Larola suntan lotion 1940Sun tan without sun burn. To suntan becomingly yet without painful sunburn, the skin should always be bathed with larola
Georgia - Tbilisi - A Tanner and Fur HatterFur Hatter and tanner at Tbilisi, the capital (and largest) city in Georgia - formerly known as Tiflis
Tanner moving a leather hide in a liming pit in a tanneryTanner in apron using a stick to move a leather hide in a liming pit in a tannery. The hides are soaked in curing, liming and picking pits to soften and clean the leather
Ponds Cold Cream as sun protectionAdvertisement 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
Wish You Were Here postcardSeaside postcard featuring a woman in a yellow swimsuit sunbathing in a rather uncomfortable rocky spot on an unidentified beach
Advert for Perihel Mixry - Sunlamp 1940The Perihel Mixry, artificial sunshine to bring you heath and vigour. Date: 1940
Trades in Regency England: charcoal burning, Jew selling pencils, and fishing
Cartoon, Sun bathing with rapid action globes. 1923
Advert for Elizabeth Arden sun cream 1934Advertisement for sunbathing products by Elizabeth Arden including her Ardena Sunpruf Cream for protection and Velva Beauty Film to make you appear tanned and chic
Advert, R Dobbie & Co, Leather Tanners, Ayr, ScotlandAdvert for R Dobbie & Co, Leather Factors and Tanners, Mill Street Tan Works, Ayr, Scotland. 1905
Sunbathers at Eden RocSunbathers 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
London health club 1926A group of Hippodrome women from Mercenary Mary enjoying a sun bath, opened in Albemarle Street, London Date: 1926
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
60S SUNBATHERA blonde model, wearing a white bathing costume and sunglasses, reclines on a sun lounger on a balcony. Date: 1960s
The Cult of Nudity - sunbathing fashions, 1930sPage from The Sphere reporting on the growing vogue for sunbathing fashions
Sunkist by Webster MurrayA fashionable 1920s woman in a bathing costume. Date: 1928
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
Bi oro advertising posterPoster advertising Bi-oro suntan oils and creams, showing a conker brown lady in a yellow swimsuit rubbing in more cream
John Smedley knitted swimsuitsAdvertisement for John Smedley knitted swimwear. Good quality but no doubt rather itchy after a dip. 1938
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
Bathers at Palm Beach, Cannes, French RivieraSun bathers relaxing at Palm Beach, Cannes on the French Riviera in the 1930s. Date: 1934
The bathing pool at Chambre d Amour, BiarritzThe bathing pool at the Chambre d Amour in fashionable French resort, Biarritz in 1934. Date: 1934
Society sun-basking at Juan-Les-PinsSunbathing on a Provencal beach from left to right is Mrs H. M. Martineau, Baron Pflugal, Major Mason, Baroness Pflugal and Mr H. M. Martineau at Juan-Les-Pins on the French Riviera. Date: 1934
Sun basking on board an ocean linerThe Art of Suffering Hot Weather Gladly - on a summer cruise. Passengers sunbathing in swimsuits on board an ocean liner, R. M. S. P. Atlantis. Date: 1931
The Tannery at Monte Carlo BeachArtists impression of sun-worshippers soaking up rays at Monte Carlo beach, nicknamed the tannery by The Bystander, such was the cult of sunbathing during the 1930s
Society sunbathing at Eden Roc, French RivieraCartoon lampooning sunbathing society at the fashionable French Riviera destination of Eden Roc. Date: 1932
The Girl Who Really Went to SwimA girl pauses on a diving board as she prepares to dive into a swimming pool
Skol Sun Lotion advertisement, 1936Skol sun lotion advertisement - non-oily, invisible, does not spoil clothes nor cake with sand. Gives complete protection against sunburn and windburn. Date: 1936
The Tannery at Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey Date: circa 1935
Advert for Beetham Larola skin care protection 1931For the sun bather Fashionable women use Larola because it is a sure protection against exposure to sun or wind
Humorist front cover featuring BonzoLovely front cover of the Humorist magazine, featuring Bonzo, the canine creation of artist George Studdy enjoying some tanning time of the beach. Date: 1934
Silhouette of a man sunbathingProceeds methodically to tan his face -- silhouette of a middle-aged man sunbathing, while a girl sits reading at his feet
1950s sunbathingA woman stretches out luxuriantly in the sunshine wearing a swimsuit. Date: 1954
Santa Barbara Mission was founded in 1786. Portions of five units of its extensive water works survive today. Ruins of tanning vats and pottery kilns also survive
