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A photograph of Darlington Schoolhouse

A picture of the Birch Mansion covered in vines

A picture of the living room of the Havemeyer House in Mahwah, New Jersey

Anna Jane Bodine and her family, in either 1911 or 1912.

A portrait of Anna Jane Bodine when she was around eighteen years old.

A woman in a draped skirt.

This photo is from 1946 when we see the first bikini in a photograph; French engineer introduced it in Paris Louis Réard and fashion designer Jacques Heim. While it still may have been a bit scandalous and forward, it just goes to show how…

At this time there were still many cities and states that had laws that claimed that swimwear could not be more than 6 inches higher than the knee. In this picture you can see a city beach sensor actually using measuring tape to make sure the woman…

In this photo we see multiple bathing machines being placed in the shallow water of a beach. Bathing machines were wooden carts that were used to allow people, particular women, to swim and spend time in the water in complete privacy. People would…

Here we have an idea of what women wore in the mid-late 1800s to go swimming. We can see here that women’s swimwear at this time looked more like dresses or gowns more than something you would wear in the water. These women are dressed head-to-toe…

At the end of the 1800s we begin to see more time being spent at the beach by the everyday person. This meant more time for men and women to be exposed to each other in their bathing suits outside of their bathing machines. So we see that the dresses…