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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: November 4, 2017
Caption: Woman’s Bathing Dress
c. 1900
Additional Description: On display at the Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum.

“The nautical style bathing dress was a popular standard style at the turn of the 20th century. The female body was well covered from head to toe in this swimming costume. A silk scarf or hat would have covered the head to complete the outfit. By the end of the first decade of the 20th century, women’s bathing suit fashions had adapted to more athletic and revealing styles.” –Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum
Submitted: November 6, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p402773
File Size: 1.518 Megabytes

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