Pre-1920s Wet Wool Bathing Suits
 

Before Jantzen Corporation invented a fabric specifically designed for swimsuits (and also invented the term swimsuit), women and men wore woolen 'bathing costumes" that would cling to the body when wet. Are there any more examples such as these two photos? I am specifically looking for wet suits that are clinging to the female wearers' bodies.

1920 Arrests
 

A group of women on a New Jersey beach were arrested in 1920 (presumably for indecent exposure). They don't look too distressed, so this could be a staged event.

One More
 

Two women wearing 1920s bathing costumes.

The First Four From the Left
 

Are why I find this theme interesting.

Not a genre i'd considered before, but there are definitely some nice curvy figures on display.

One More
 

Shirley Mason & Viola Dana - Two silent film actresses surfing in California circa 1926

This Was Identified
 

as having been taken on a French beach in 1925. Photographer was Helene Roger-Viollet.

I have found a few more
 

The 1912 Stockholm Olympics was the first time that women swimmers were allowed to compete.

That is just crazy. I've definitely heard that long ago, male swim classes were mandatory naked, but have never heard of mixed-gender classes where the women were swimming with naked guys. Literally the first I've heard of this.

German Cadets
 

I once read an article (no pictures) about Germany during the time around the First World War. The author was telling of a picture that he had seen of German military cadets having a swimming competition nude. The audience included the wives of the academy instructors.

I could totally see something like that for Germany, since they were in the vanguard of nudism ("free-body culture") and even the Nazis were into it.

50 Years of Female Swimsuits
 

A lot of changes in the 50 years from 1875 to 1927. I heard that mixed gender nudity was fairly prevalent in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Finland way before mixed gender nudity arrived in North America.

Mixed Gender Nudity
 

The Europeans, Aussies, Kiwis were/are definitely ahead of North Americans when it comes to mixed gender nudity.

I previously mentioned the mixed gender pool that I occasionally visited when I lived in another Canadian city. I only knew about it when I mentioned to a female classmate that I was bummed that I could only swim 3 maybe 4 months a year outdoors before the weather got too cold. She said she could invite me as a guest to a place where they had an indoor pool.

It turned out that the place was owned and operated by a European couple and almost all the patrons were Polish, Russian, German, Brits, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, etc. This place closed a few years ago. I heard the couple sold the place to a devoloper who tore down the old building and built a condo.

Israeli Female Soldiers
 

I once saw a movie/documentary about Israeli female soldiers. There was one brief scene showing them taking a shower.

1916 and 1920 Summer Olympics
 

The 1916 Summer Olympics in Berlin were cancelled due to the Firs World War.

The 1920 Summer Olympics were held in Antwerp. Google image search turned up some interesting images of the women swimmers and divers, but they were all thumbnails, alas.

Stella Walsh competed as a woman in the 1932 games. Many years later she was murdered in a robbery. When they did the autopsy they found she had a small penis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis...wa_Walasiewicz

Female Teacher im the Stands
 

When I was in high school the boys went full monty in their swimming classes. One day our fully dressed female teacher, she was only 24, came and sat in the stands. Yes, our male genitals were on full display.:eek: Our swim classes were gender segregated.

I heard that spas in Germany are mixed gender.