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Bathing suit styles in Long Beach

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Order Number	00077472
Title	Bathing suit styles in Long Beach
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Long Beach-Beaches; S-000-303 4x5
Date	Circa 1900
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	A group of bathers of all ages poses for a photo at a beach in Long Beach. Women wear caps on their heads and all bathing suits conform to the Peek ordinance proposed by William M. Peek, director of public safety, that prohibits one-piece bathing suits, insists each suit have a skirt and its color be visible - i.e., that it must show at a distance that it is cloth and not flesh.
Subject	Beaches--California--Long Beach. Beachgoers--California--Long Beach. Bathing suits--California--Long Beach. Group portraits Portrait photographs Long Beach (Calif.).
Coverage	1891; 1892; 1893; 1894; 1895; 1896; 1897; 1898; 1899; 1900
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection