1950s
28 summery vintage ’50s swimsuits for women, when strapless one-piece suits with ruffles were hot
These vintage swimsuits from the ’50s said they’d ‘slim the hips, diminish the waist, and give your bustline the gently rounded new look.’ See
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1950s
Summer fun for the fifties family! Vintage Doughboy above-ground swimming pools & backyard wading pools
Remember vintage Doughboy pools? Some were big enough for adults and kids could learn to swim. Take a look back at above-ground poolls & retro wading pools!
1970s
A Coleco pool for the backyard: Above-ground swimming pools (1970)
‘I just bought the only vacation you can keep — a Coleco pool. Would you believe it cost me less than taking the family away for two weeks?”‘
1800s
San Francisco’s Victorian marvel: The huge swimming pools at Sutro Baths
San Francisco’s great old Sutro Baths was a huge structure with several enormous swimming pools, viewing galleries, museums and more, right next to the Golden Gate. See inside the Victorian marvel here!
1960s
Vintage dating life: Should women court men? (1960)
How DOES a girl win a husband? By tradition, she waits until the right man comes along, then he woos her, pursues her, and leads her to the altar.
1980s
18 stylish ’80s swimsuits: Shapely, slimming, sexy summer swimwear (1986)
Brunette Alison and blonde Larisa show off the newest, sexiest ’80s swimsuits for every figure type… yours included. 1986 was time to shine in a swimsuit that makes you look terrific!
1900s
Dive into these 10 amazing old indoor swimming pools
It’s incredible to see how awesome — in size, in design, in popularity — old-fashioned indoor swimming pools could be. Here, take a look at 10 gorgeous pools from days gone by!
1950s
The newest beach clothes & bathing suits (1955)
These flouncy playsuits and bathing suits pose a considerable amount of skin, but are demurely decorated with pinafore necklines, little girl skirts, ruffles and bustles and bows.
1960s
’60s swimwear: 8 snazzy swimsuits from 1967
The young lioness swimsuits Brave… sensuous… graceful… beautiful… Don’t you want to be a young lioness this summer? Of course you do! Grrrrrrooowwwwlll! they’ll say
1900s
Summer swimming in New York (1909)
Summer swimming in NYC Gotham’s youth are fortunate in the number of opportunities for swimming which the city’s configuration presents. Many a graceful and expert
1940s
Swimsuits to be pretty at seashore and pool (1948)
This year’s crop of bathing suits demands the utmost decorum on the part of the wearer. If you must coat yourself with grease from forehead to toes, please don’t stretch out like a starfish.
1800s
Jack, the diving dog (1896)
A diving dog Jack is only three years old, but he has a record of having dived from a height of more than seventy feet.
1960s
Gimme shelter: Striped outdoor tents (1965)
Take cover If you’re lucky enough to have a pool, this portable dressing room can ease the traffic through the house, and also be a
1960s
New toys for a world of watery fun (1961)
A gay new world of watery fun This summer it isn’t enough just to go down to the water, jump in and swim. With a
1930s
Washington DC having a heat wave (1930)
Cooling off in the creek Marion Newton and Ruth Williams preparing to wade in Rock Creek, after suffering with the intense heat of the past
1950s
Esther Williams has the Hertz idea (1958)
Esther Williams has the Hertz idea… Because Hertz rents cleaner, more dependable cars! Sure, this picture was posed. But there’s no doubt that Miss Willliams
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