Ventnor City in Atlantic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Put On Your Best Suit!
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 24, 2020
1. Put On Your Best Suit! Marker
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Put On Your Best Suit!. . Time has taken its toll on the disappearing act of full "bathing costumes." Back in the early 1900s, women wore black, knee-length, puffy sleeved wool dresses. But times began to change and soon women began wearing less and less. In 1945, Louis Reard unveiled the first "bikini" in Paris, France. In 1960 Brian Hyland's song "Itsy, Bitsy, Teenie, Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" triggered a bikini buying spree among American teens. And so a craze had begun. By 1970 Rio and St. Tropez produced the tanga suit, also called the thong. Basically, what you'll see on our beaches today is a mixture of bathing suits from one-piece sport suits, tankinis, and, of course, it won't be hard to spot those "itsy bitsy" bikinis along the shore.
Time has taken its toll on the disappearing act of full "bathing costumes." Back in the early 1900s, women wore black, knee-length, puffy sleeved wool dresses. But times began to change and soon women began wearing less and less. In 1945, Louis Reard unveiled the first "bikini" in Paris, France. In 1960 Brian Hyland's song "Itsy, Bitsy, Teenie, Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" triggered a bikini buying spree among American teens. And so a craze had begun. By 1970 Rio and St. Tropez produced the tanga suit, also called the thong. Basically, what you'll see on our beaches today is a mixture of bathing suits from one-piece sport suits, tankinis, and, of course, it won't be hard to spot those "itsy bitsy" bikinis along the shore.
Location. 39° 20.525′ N, 74° 28.026′ W. Marker is in Ventnor City, New Jersey, in Atlantic County. Marker is at the intersection of Boardwalk and South Oakland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Boardwalk. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5110 Boardwalk, Ventnor City NJ 08406, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), July 24, 2020
2. Put On Your Best Suit! Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on July 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 104 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on July 26, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
