United States National Museum Bulletin 250 



Contributions from 

 The Museum of History and Technology 



Paper 64 



WOMEN'S BATHING AND SWIMMING COSTUME 



IN THE UNITED STATES 



Claudia B. Ki dwell 



INTRODUCTION 3 



CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT 6 



BATHING COSTUME 14 



SWIMMING COSTUME 24 



CONCLUSIONS 52 



Smithsonian Institution Press 



City of Washington 



1968 



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