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Beached: 1905
Sunny Shores circa 1905. "A couple of mermaids." Daring to flash some knee! 8x10 dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Wow !
Can you imagine swimming in one of those things ? It'd be like having your own personal undertow.
Curious
I'd like to switch places with one of them just so I could see what wearing an outfit like that on the beach was like. But just for a little while. I wouldn't want to stay in 1905!
California
From the shadows and the mountains I say it's Venice. Any takers?
This suit will never dry!
I find it amusing that they are both trying to wring the water out of their heavy woolen swimsuits. The one girl is using the sand absorbing moisture trick. Next trick will be getting the sticky sand off her clothes and skin. Just watching them makes me feel itchy and sticky. I often wonder if it was even worth it getting into the water with a get up like this!
Waterlogged
Can you imagine how heavy those suits would be once you got into the water and they were soaking wet? They were made of wool back then.. no spandex for these girls.
I would imagine they could be quite dangerous (from the weight of your waterlogged bathing suit) if you went out to far, or were pulled out too far by the undertow.
Wet and woolly
Can't you just feel those damp stocking sagging and flapping against your damp and horripilated skin?
GGW 1905
You know, you flash that knee and the photo could be around for a hundred years. And there isn't even a T-shirt!
In olden days, a glimpse of stocking
was looked upon as something shocking. Now, heaven knows, anything goes.
Times have changed in the past 100 years. Today, a string bikini would be the fare and these two would be aghast at what goes on on the same beach. 1905 was the year my parents were born, so one of these could be Grandma.
Almost ready for the water.
"As soon as I get my gloves and scarf on, I am sooo going swimming!"
Seaside Siblings
They're almost definitely sisters, perhaps twins. The girl on the left bears a slight resemblance to Fergie (the Duchess, not the Pea).
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