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Suit, bathing, women's

1917 Approximate

Women's Swimming Suit. Material: textile. Size: 25 1/2" W. x 22 1/2" L. Description: gray wool knit; six narrow blue horizontal stripes encircle lower skirt; rounded neckline; sleeveless; two belt loops at waist, short skirt with pants underneath, label inside neck "Essebee Knitting Mills".

Women's. Worn in Clear Lake before 1918 by the Hawkes' girls.