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Photography: Earliest bathing beauty postcard
The earliest postcards of bathing beauties came from France around 1900, and soon after that
such cards were
made available in England. The first bathing scenes were created by artists. Later, when a
camera was used the
model was usually posed against a hand-drawn beach background. Postcards in the early
1900s featured "French
Actresses," "Japanese Beauties" dressed in traditional costume, "Actresses" in colour, and
ballet dancers and
bathers posing in tights. Some card manufacturers glued silk, oilcloth, or spangles on their
pin-up cards.