Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have changed! Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, widow of the author of the Pure Food Act, displaying the shocking bathing costume of 1895 while Marjorie Gunnels wears the sensible one of 1936. They will model in the "Gay Nineties" parade which will
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"Shocking bathing costumes. Washington, D.C., Aug. 25. How times have changed! Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, widow of the author of the Pure Food Act, displaying the shocking bathing costume of 1895 while Marjorie Gunnels wears the sensible one of 1936. They will model in the "Gay Nineties" parade which will" (1936). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shocking_bathing_costumes._Washington,_D.C.,_Aug._25._How_times_have_changed!_Mrs._Harvey_W._Wiley,_widow_of_the_author_of_the_Pure_Food_Act,_displaying_the_shocking_bathing_costume_of_1895_LCCN2016887837.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 296265.
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