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Date
1923
Material
fibre
Catalogue Number
103.05.1202
Description
women’s one piece, navy bathing suit with 6 red strips at bottom of attached skirt, thick tight knit weave, tapered at waist, high slight V-neck, left side short shoulder strap, right side short shoulder straps meant to be fastened with missing button; right front corner has a stitched emblem of wo…
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Title
Bathing Suit
Date
1923
Material
fibre
Dimensions
41.0 x 84.0 cm
Description
women’s one piece, navy bathing suit with 6 red strips at bottom of attached skirt, thick tight knit weave, tapered at waist, high slight V-neck, left side short shoulder strap, right side short shoulder straps meant to be fastened with missing button; right front corner has a stitched emblem of woman in red bathing suit and cap, diving with the word "JANTZEN" below her breast; inside label is black cloth with stitched "Jantzen c 1923/PAT Sept 26 1921/SWIMMING SUIT”.
Subject
households
sports
swimming
Kidney
MacAulay
Credit
Gift of Julie-Ann MacAulay, 2016
Catalogue Number
103.05.1202
Images
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