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Known as the “Australian Mermaid,” swimmer Annette Kellerman — who was born on this day in 1886 — took the world by storm at the turn of the twentieth century, not just as a skilled long-distance swimmer, but also a daring stunts woman, vaudeville performe…
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- Brian HarrisA fine woman. Amazing people those Australians. Just look at their tennis champions.But what interested me most in this was the evolution in what is considered decent swimming dress. This example is from an intermediate stage. When I first came to Spain, in 1947, men could not wear trunks on the fashionable beaches of San Sebastian. It had to be a bathing costume with a top. Now there are nudist beaches.2
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