Woman's bathing suit consisting of red and black vertically striped flannel dress and bloomers, ca. 1888. In the first half of that century, women literally covered their entire bodies in bathing dresses. By the 1880s they were revealing a bit more of their arms. Still, they wore bloomers under their knee-length skirts and wool stockings under those.
{"Image ImageDescription": "Woman's Two-Piece Red and Black Vertically Striped Flannel Bathing Suit ca. 1888. Photograph by Cary Horton, 2004. Missouri History Museum, Museum Collections. Acc.# 1956 126 0001. Photograph \u00a9 2004, Missouri History Museum.\n\nWoman's bathing suit consisting of red and black vertically striped flannel dress and bloomers. Shown with bandana.", "Image DateTime": "2009:04:08 09:45:05", "Image Artist": "Missouri History Museum", "Image Copyright": "Photograph \u00a9 2004, Missouri History Museum"}