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Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907) depicting boys swimming from a pier in the East River, New York City "Swimming baths" and pools were built in the late 19th century in poorer neighborhoods of northern industrial cities of the US to exert some control over a public swimming culture that offended Victorian sensibilities by including not only nakedness, but roughhousing and swearing.
However, nude swimming continued when modern swimsuit materials were available. [32] [33] In a less formal setting, young boys might be nude in mixed company, as shown in a home movie of an outing featuring young Brownies, Girl Guides and Scouts playing in the grounds of a stately home in 1940s Britain.
In 1909, the New York Times reported that at an elementary school swimming competition, the boys in the 80 pound division (age 8 to 10) competed nude after finding that suits slowed them down. a Boys had been skinny-dipping in open water for generations, which only became a problem when urbanization brought this activity more often into public ...
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Swimsuit season is upon Us! That’s either a cause for celebration or condolences, depending on your point of view. We get it — the more we grow up, the less likely we are to flaunt our bodies ...
In 1926, the American Public Health Association (APHA) standards handbook recommended that indoor swimming pools used by men adopt nude bathing policies and that indoor swimming pools used by women require swimsuits "of the simplest type". [87] Swimming policies at American high schools and junior high schools were influenced by APHA guidelines ...
Alex Morgan is only one of a handful of athletes to pose for Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition multiple times. Just two years ago, Morgan and several of her teammates like Megan Rapinoe and ...