Nude on the Beach by John William Godward (1861-1922)

oil on canvas, 1922

(Source: paintingses, via holyrite)

adozenmiles:

YES!

(Source: theboatlullabies, via mizenscen)

semioticapocalypse:

Gerhard Riebicke. Two young girls in water, circa 1935

[::SemAp::]

(via erotica-vintage)

(Source: the-manna, via the-lost-nightingale)

mrscaravaggio:

Charles Dana Gibson - Plenty of Fish in the Sea - 1901

Swimming in stockings is both impractical and really cute.

(Source: simonerein, via thisisntvictorian)

fashionsfromhistory:

Bathing Suit

1920s

United States

(via blindedbythestreetlights)

collectivehistory:

“Back to the sandy beach after bathing,” photo published in a 1903 “L’Illustration” issue

(via headfullofid)

bastardkeaton:

1920s bathing beauty

(via bathing-beauties)

(Source: simplikate)

billyjane:

Malibu beach, c.1920 by Nelson Evans

Phyllis Haver [?]

(Source: gabriellemangione, via ingenue-fatale)

mirroir:

Alexandra Polubiec

(Source: blue-voids, via blindedbythestreetlights)

bathing-beauties:

Three Flappers - Mack Sennett 1880-1960  |  cheryldecarteret on flickr

billyjane:

Bathing beauties, England, 1933