bathing machine

A woman changed inside the bathing machine, which was then wheeled into the water.

Those going for a swim in the sea at the beach would use a bathing machine.

One bathing machine, however, had remained in the water.

They've been doing so since bathing machines first appeared on Long Island in about 1794.

The resort offered bathing machines for men and women.

They did however make use of the bathing machines for changing into and out of their clothes.

In the Victorian era, the bathing machine was developed.

Initially this resort only consisted of tents and bathing machines.

A dipper was the operator of a bathing machine used by women bathers.

The hotel's Victorian advertising made much of the fine beach and boasted its own bathing machines.

For example, despite the use of the bathing machine, it was still possible to see people bathing nude.

Below the gardens was a private beach where the Queen kept her own private bathing machine.

The first rolling bathing machines for bathers are recorded on the sands in 1735.

A short distance beyond the house, her bathing machine still waits patiently for its regal incumbent.

Box and Cox now argue their claims to the bathing machines, but finally they agree to split the fortune.

Dippers or guides were used with the bathing machines and they escorted visitors into the water.

Helen used some of her earnings to hire a bathing machine and develop her swimming.

Sea-bathing undertaken as a leisure activity from about 1736, and bathing machines were installed by 1750.

The use of the bathing machine provided greater privacy to bathers and reduced the need for complete modesty.

Bathing machines were roofed and walled wooden carts rolled into the sea.

They had evolved from the wheeled bathing machines used by Victorians to preserve their modesty.

Dropping him opposite the bathing machines, I went on to my own anchorage on the other side of the pier.

The development of the first swimsuits dates from the period as does the development of the bathing machine.

Some enterprising souls took the wheels off the abandoned bathing machines and turned them into static huts.

That might be easier to explain if you've ever heard of a bathing machine, a crucial part of beach life for 19th-century women.