Category: History - American
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Short full trousers, reaching just below the knee, accompanied by knee-length skirts--sometimes worn even shorter--succeeded the long Turkish trousers and ankle-length skirt. As...
2. Part 2As was true at the springs, men and women were segregated; but in the floating baths they were only separated by being in different compartments rather than in different bath ho...
3. Part 3The earliest illustration showing costume worn in the United States for fresh water bathing is dated 1810 (see fig. 2). Unfortunately the painting reveals only that the bathing...
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5. Part 5There was a wide variety of colorful rubber caps; some were gathered on a band or with a ruffle while others were closely fitted with brims. Also popular was a close-fitting rub...