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04-12-2007, 10:30 AM | #1 |
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April 12, 2007: Bathing girl revue 1922
What an awesome idea: Shorpy is a blog that features photos that are about 100 years old. This particular entry is not quite 100, but it's fun nonetheless: swimsuit models of 1922. Amongst other things, notice how only about 1 in 10 is smiling, and notice how footwear, headgear, and umbrellas are part of the mandatory costume. But are they sexy? Not a chance, this is a whole 'nother culture. |
04-12-2007, 12:06 PM | #2 |
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Some of them are pretty sexy. Namely in the back row (from right): 2, 4, -8 and front row (from left): 7, 16, 17, 28.
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04-12-2007, 12:17 PM | #3 |
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true. 28 in the front row is not bad at all. She's actually smiling.
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04-12-2007, 12:20 PM | #4 |
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"Welcome and thanks for playing "Spot Your Grandma When She Was A Slut".
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04-12-2007, 12:56 PM | #5 |
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Dammit Sheldon, how did you know that was Grandma Dallas??? (4th from the left, front row)
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04-12-2007, 01:01 PM | #6 |
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cool picture. I'm wondering a bit about the "costumy" aspect of it--do you see the one with the dog? and the one with the dalmation print? and some of those . . . I can't even identify WHAT they were thinking of!
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04-12-2007, 01:18 PM | #7 |
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I get the feeling that these aren't examples of typical swimsuits from that era, but rather the fancy suits. I think typical suits were much more plain.
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04-12-2007, 01:50 PM | #8 |
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yet another example of the wanton strumpetism of the ladies of the 1920s. Why, you can even see their kneecaps! Scandalous. I would challenge he who framed this shot to a bout of fisticuffsmanship, but I imagine he is already dead.
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04-12-2007, 01:56 PM | #10 | |
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04-12-2007, 02:14 PM | #11 | |
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I didn't know they had a "panorama" setting on the cameras of that era.
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04-12-2007, 02:41 PM | #12 |
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She had big cans before big cans were cool.
She's also smiling, not wearing headgear, and has her head tilted a little... downright modern of her! She knew what sexy was before anybody else! The whole thing makes me think: there was a time when smiling for a photograph was not the convention. Just like putting your hand out with a fake gang sign. There was a time when that was not the convention. |
04-12-2007, 02:45 PM | #13 |
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Good lord, I'm glad you mentioned that--I missed half the pic!
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04-12-2007, 04:01 PM | #14 | |
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And while you straight men are sitting there admiring the attributes of these ladies, remember this was taken before ladies felt they had to shave. Beneath those bathing suits, it's a jungle down there. lol!!!
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04-12-2007, 04:07 PM | #15 | |
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On the other hand, there are apparently still places today where not-smiling is the custom. When we were looking at houses for sale recently, we went through one home that had family photos (the posed kind you take in a studio) covering every single wall, dozens and dozens of them, and not a single smile among any of them. It was really creepy. |
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