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Subjects
Women's History
Fashion

Keywords
fashion,
bathing suit,
swimming,
diving,
swimmer
1960s
B&W
Color

The history of the bathing suit. Archival footage of women wearing bathing suits. Stills of an Australian swimmer and diver who wore a form fitting one piece bathing suit and caused a stir in the U.S. upon one of her visits. Newspaper headlines. Footage of two women diving.


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