Vintage beach wear

I checked weather.com this morning and they had 359 beach scenes showing beach wear mainly in the 1920s to 1940s before the bikini when women always wore a one piece that went to their mid thigh and men sometimes wore tops. The pictures are from all over the world.

In photo 103 it even shows a policeman in West Palm Beach measuring how many inches of her thigh that a woman's suit left uncovered. It's unclear if that was a law.

And they also showed something called a Skreenette when women could change in privacy on the beach. It is kind of a circular tube that seems to inflate.

So if you're spending some holiday time at the beach, I thought you might like a reminder of how times have changed.

Here's the link:

http://www.weather.com/travel/rare-vintage-beach-photos-20130501

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