Do you prefer a one-piece or a string bikini? Swim trunks or a snug Speedo? Whatever you select, your choice isn't made in a vacuum under the florescent lights of a fitting room. History has informed ...

“Bathing costume censorship revived again for midsummer (…) with Kenosha, Wis. In the lead,” announced the Aspen Democrat-Times on July 22, 1909. The restrictions were implemented by resort ...

The South Bay and Harbor Area have been blessed with beautiful beaches. But if you’d gone to one wearing even a modest modern-day swimsuit a century or more ago, you’d have been carted off to jail.

CAPITOLA — Being a seaside town, Capitola has attracted many to its beaches over the last century and a half, and among many changes over the years have been the types of swimsuits worn by beachgoers.

“The women of Rehoboth, particularly those of the younger set,’ the Newark Post, reported on Aug. 6, 1919, “are enjoying perfect freedom as to their dress on the beach. "Whether in bare knees or ...

An atmospheric river is moving through western Washington and expected to dump 1-3 inches of rain and bring mountain snow to the region. by Conor Christofferson Auburn's White River Valley Museum is ...

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