I think there's too much flesh on display lately, and I'm a card-carrying hedonistic liberal. Less is more, in my opinion.

You have to realize that women's dress had changed radically in a very short time when this photo was taken. The gal in the middle has bare shoulders, and bare legs, and very casual, loose hair. This relaxed display of skin would have been scandalous just a few years earlier. It's as great a change as going from 1923 to string bikinis today. But for Europeans public nudity at the beaches and even parks is commonplace, including entire families of three generations. So, we are still rather prudish compared to them.

Whoever invented Spandex.

I think Joy looks quite comfortable, with her bare feet and legs. Those bathing suits didn't bind anywhere, but still covered enough to be comfortable, even if you were over 120 pounds. My grandmother turned 15 that summer. I wonder if she had a bathing suit similar to these?

is a Boston terrier, one of the most popular breeds in America at the time. However, it was called a Boston Bulldog then!

Must have just arrived.

The girl in the center of this pic is quite attractive. Yet it's so odd to realize "she's dead by now" when looking at it.

But she should be happy that at least she isn't wearing those black tights and shoes her friends have on at the beach. I am not a fan of the oh so skimpy bathing suits gals wear today but I would REALLY not want to wear what these gals had to put on either, although I could get fond of a such a cute little dog and a parasol sporting what looks like Micky Mouse ears.

These girls probably never dreamed that in just 88 short years, the beach attire would change from this ensemble of caps, shoes, stockings, shorts and a dress to the briefest of coverings equal to two bandages and a Post-it Note.