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Monday, September 01, 2014

Vintage Vacationers 2

For a summery hurrah, here's part two of my Vintage Vacationers post from last year. The photos come from a gallery on The Weather Channel called Before the Bikini: Rare Vintage Beach Photos. These are my favourites from the 1920s. The photo above, from August 1928, captures vacationers  on the beach at Shanklin on the Isle Of Wight, England.
August 1922: Canvey Island, Essex, England
1924: Actress Viola Dana
1921 and 1923, respectively: Bathing suit models
1924: Girls of 'The Merry Whirl' applying their make-up on Manhattan Beach, New York, where they are holding a water carnival
1925: Women posing near a Paris beach
1926: Toddlers taking a beach nap
1929: A row women showing off some unusual and original swimwear
1929: Bathers undress using the 'Skreenette' on a public beach
1929: Bathing beauties
February 1925: Members of the Brighton Swimming Club
July 1921: Bathers dance hand in hand on the beach at Plymouth, in Devon, England
1929: Star formation on New York's Brighton beach
July 1927: Two women playing leapfrog on the beach at Broadstairs in Kent, England

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