Swimming Costume Collection (page 5)

Edge of the Marne, c. 1932 (oil on panel)
988776 Edge of the Marne, c.1932 (oil on panel) by Bernard, Emile (1868-1941); 81.6x105.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Edge of the Marne; Au Bord de la Marne. Emile Bernard (1868-1941)

The Bathers of Mericourt; La Baignade a Mericourt, 1935 (oil onpaper)
825440 The Bathers of Mericourt; La Baignade a Mericourt, 1935 (oil onpaper) by Luce, Maximilien (1858-1941); 40.3x54 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

A Life guard on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1901-06 (b / w photo)
779181 A Life guard on Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York, 1901-06 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Portrait of actress K. Lenskaya (b / w photo)
489130 Portrait of actress K. Lenskaya (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer; Private Collection; (add.info.: Made to sell as a postcard when her company visited St)

A hasty lunch, Coney Island, New York, 1900-05 (b / w photo)
779204 A hasty lunch, Coney Island, New York, 1900-05 (b/w photo) by Detroit Publishing Co. (1880-1920); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Girl in a deck chair (colour photo)
3104573 Girl in a deck chair (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a deck chair)

Girl in a deck chair (colour photo)
3104572 Girl in a deck chair (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a deck chair)

Little girl and a Scotsman (colour litho)
3104555 Little girl and a Scotsman (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little girl and a Scotsman)

Cover for Vanity Fair, September 1896 (colour litho)
SNG127182 Cover for Vanity Fair, September 1896 (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; English, out of copyright

Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
BAL61255 Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

The Striped Blazer, (watercolour and pencil on buff paper)
985421 The Striped Blazer, (watercolour and pencil on buff paper) by Demuth, Charles (1883-1935); 28x21.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Striped Blazer. Charles Demuth (1883-1935)

Bathers at Breakwater, (oil on canvas)
985253 Bathers at Breakwater, (oil on canvas) by Potthast, Edward Henry (1857-1927); 61x76.2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathers at Breakwater. Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927)

Building sand castles on the beach (chromolitho)
6001887 Building sand castles on the beach (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Building sand castles on the beach)

Unwarranted intrusion (colour litho)
813550 Unwarranted intrusion (colour litho) by Carter, Sydney (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Unwarranted intrusion.); Look and Learn / Elgar Collection

Summer. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786153 Summer. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Burret, Leonce (1866-1915); Private Collection; (add.info.: Summer. Illustration for Le Rire, 26 August 1905.); © Look and Learn

Girl in a broad-brimmed hat (colour photo)
3095928 Girl in a broad-brimmed hat (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl in a broad-brimmed hat)

Questions of the heart (colour litho)
3102349 Questions of the heart (colour litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Questions of the heart)

Group of unidentified young men posing in swimming costume, c. 1910 (b / w photo)
1078733 Group of unidentified young men posing in swimming costume, c.1910 (b/w photo) by Hassler, William Davis (1877-1921); Collection of the New-York Historical Society

At the seaside. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho)
2786152 At the seaside. Illustration for Le Rire (colour litho) by Gruen or Grun, Jules Alexandre (1868-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: At the seaside)

Bathers; Baigneuses, (oil on canvas)
825734 Bathers; Baigneuses, (oil on canvas) by Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937); 54.6x64.7 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bathers; Baigneuses. Henri Lebasque (1865-1937). Oil on canvas

Jean Patou ses costumes de Bains ou Plage, from White Bottoms, pub
2632111 Jean Patou ses costumes de Bains ou Plage, from White Bottoms, pub. 1927 (colour block print) by Sem (Georges Goursat) (1863-1934); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French

Poster advertising the Bal de la Grenouillere (colour litho)
CHT221370 Poster advertising the Bal de la Grenouillere (colour litho) by Gray, Henri (Boulanger) (1858-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Woman in a bikini, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
JFS249908 Woman in a bikini, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Chiswick Baths, c. 1929 (oil on canvas)
657365 Chiswick Baths, c.1929 (oil on canvas) by Lavery, John (1856-1941); 51x61. cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Chiswick Baths. Sir John Lavery (1856-1941). Oil on canvas. Dated circa 1929

Where Golden Shore Meets Silver Sea, Advertisement for Up-to Date
SNG127791 Where Golden Shore Meets Silver Sea, Advertisement for Up-to Date, July 1897 (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Photo eBarbara Singer; American

Boys Bathing in the Sea; Badende Knaben im Meer, 1899 (oil on board)
824477 Boys Bathing in the Sea; Badende Knaben im Meer, 1899 (oil on board) by Liebermann, Max (1847-1935); 38x45.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Three of a Kind, (oil on canvas laid down on board)
822721 Three of a Kind, (oil on canvas laid down on board) by Potthast, Edward Henry (1857-1927); 30.5x40 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Three of a Kind. Edward Henry Potthast (1857-1927)

People diving into the sea from a diving board
3735439 People diving into the sea from a diving board by Du Maurier, George (1834-96); (add.info.: Illustration depicting people diving into the sea from a diving board)

American Beach; Plage American, c. 1917 (watercolour, black wax crayon, pencil
825163 American Beach; Plage American, c.1917 (watercolour, black wax crayon, pencil, pen and india ink on buff) by Pascin

Three Women on the Beach; Trois Femmes a la Plage, (oil on canvas)
825106 Three Women on the Beach; Trois Femmes a la Plage, (oil on canvas) by Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937); 96.2x128.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Girl about to swim (chromolitho)
2811577 Girl about to swim (chromolitho) by Edwards, Mary Ellen (1838-1934); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl about to swim)

Confidences (oil on board)
CH344404 Confidences (oil on board) by Potthast, Edward Henry (1857-1927); Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; American, out of copyright

Dieppe, 1895 (oil on canvas)
AGN356100 Dieppe, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Conder, Charles Edward (1868-1909); 46x64.5 cm; Private Collection; Photo eAgnew s, London; English, out of copyright

Glamour postcard
LLM459854 Glamour postcard by English Photographer; Private Collection; (add.info.: Glamour postcard); © Look and Learn

Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic)
BAL61254 Women in bikinis, from the Room of the Ten Dancing Girls (mosaic) by Roman, (4th century AD); Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily

Pompeys Ride (chromolitho)
6001820 Pompeys Ride (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pompeys Ride. Illustration from The Little Ones Own Coloured Picture Paper (Dean and Son)

Baby at the seaside (chromolitho)
6001813 Baby at the seaside (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baby at the seaside)

Man and woman carrying a large stick of rock at the seaside (colour litho)
5995961 Man and woman carrying a large stick of rock at the seaside (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Children playing with a rope at the beach (colour photo)
3098902 Children playing with a rope at the beach (colour photo) by French Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children playing with a rope at the beach)

Beauty contest girls playing football at Filey. 30th August 1960

Bathing Girl: Glamour on the Clacton Beach: L. to R. Christine Reynolds, 18, Secretary Walton on Naze; Jacqueline Wood, 16, Waitress Clacton and Kay Garton, 15

Yvonne MacKenzie, aged 19, who lives in Broadstairs is the reigning Miss Broadstairs and has been employed through the summer as a beach photographer on the sands at Broadstairs. 26th September 1960

London swelters in the heat and everybody is looking for a place to keep cool. Londons Victoria Park Lido in the east end has 4000 people in the bath at one time with a big queue still waiting to get

August Bank Holiday 1937. The ice cream man was a welcome sight to these takers at Warwick. 2nd August 1937

Holiday makers on the beach at Margate, enjoying the sunshine. Miss Valerie Hodgson, aged 17, a shorthand typist from Fulham pictured on Margate beach, Kent. 21st July 1959

The Summer of 1934. Friends enjoying body surfing on a north Cornish beach Circa August 1934

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"Dive into the Past: A Fashionable Journey through Swimwear" In the pages of the vintage "Holiday Haunts guide book, 1947, " a young woman with a blindfold delicately balances on a diving board, capturing the essence of summer fun. Meanwhile, an admiring man aboard his boat gazes at model Carol Dwyer in her alluring swimming costume from afar. Fast forward to the vibrant 1960s, where surfers energetically run through crashing waves, their colorful swimwear reflecting their carefree spirit. Alongside them stands a woman on a beach, clad in an ankle-length swimming costume and holding a crab - an enchanting scene reminiscent of Tommaso Antongini's Journal des Dames et des Modes. The allure of water transcends time as showcased by Falbalas & Fanfreluches' Almanach des Modes Presentes, Passees et Futures from 1926. A handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching portrays a woman immersed up to her ankles in the sea while donning an elegant swimsuit - capturing both grace and style. Moving continents to Newquay in June 1960, women body boarding amidst rolling surf paint an exhilarating picture of adventure and thrill. Their choice of swimwear reflects both functionality and fashion-forwardness. Witnessing four stages of swimmers performing rapid turns showcases not only athleticism but also how swimwear has evolved over time to enhance performance. From Australia's sunny shores in New South Wales to Sydney's bustling beaches, these athletes embody determination and skill. Glamour takes center stage as actress June Barry graces Hammersmith Pier in June 1960. Her radiant smile matches her stylish swimwear perfectly – epitomizing elegance against London's picturesque backdrop. Lastly, we encounter moments filled with laughter and joy as snorkel-clad men proudly present lobsters beside smiling women.