It's hard to imagine now.
There was a time when the bathing costume weighed as much as your street clothes.
Here's a collection of snapshots from those times.
The above suits from 1935 look positively modern compared to the garb from the '20's ...
This one is probably mid forties. It is possibly the youngest photo on this page.
If the sweater is to be believed, it is 1919. That dates the bathing suit on the right.
This seems to be the same guy in the picture just to the left. The background is also the same. So this one would be 1919 also.
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"What are they doing?"