Bathing Carts on the Beach at Anstey’s Cove, Torquay, Devonshire, UK, ca.1890 | Antique Albumen Photo.

Torquay Natural Rock Arch. Anstey’s Cove, Torquay,

Devonshire, UK,

ca.1890

Antique Albumen Photograph.

Francis Bedford :: West end of Esplanade, Sidmount, UK, 1870′s. Albumen silver print. / source of main image: metmuseum.org

Detail: Man on the bench wearing sunglasses / source of detail image: imgur

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Bathing machines

Beautifully elaborate bathing machines from a series of lantern slides entitled, Bygones. The bathing machines are clearly Victorian, but the swimwear worn by the women sunning themselves on their ledges suggest the photograph was taken some time later, around the 1920s. (Photo: Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans Picture Library) | src The Mirror