Angelenos were always proper, in the city or in the sand. But gentlemen and ladies still enjoyed their leisure activities. Swimming. Bowling. Strolling the boardwalk under the freedom of the Stars & Stripes.

It was the North Beach Bath House in Santa Monica. The year was 1905.

Photo from the USC Digital Archive

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