Is anything more refreshing than a lakeside dip in seven pounds of swimsuit? It looks like a good way to get pulled under by a current. And who’s got time for a watery grave these days? Hard pass.
At the turn of the century before the turn of this last century, folks was modest. Bared female knees were considered skanktastic, although this man’s naked knees are evidently enjoying 1900, where the living is easy. He does seem a bit cold, though. Perhaps he also should have worn a button down dress.
Photographer Telfer snapped this pic in Cooperstown, NY, at the waters of Otsego Lake. Americanheritage.com says, “Most people know Coooperstown as the home of novelist James Fenimore Cooper, a beautiful resort, and as the place where baseball was supposedly invented by Abner Doubleday.” But I’ve never heard any of those things until about three minutes ago, so there you are.
I Don't Get It 
As I understand those modest swim clothes the ladies wore were made from wool. Can you imagine all of that wet wool in the summer time?
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Ugh. That would be so miserable.
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Ah yes, there’s nothing quite like the smell of wet wool in the summer. Except maybe wet dog.
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Why does a freshly wet dog smell instantly moldy?
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Per a British chemistry teacher” When you’re taking your dog for a walk, you’re actually taking a whole host of microorganisms for a stroll, too. In the process of going about their lives, they leave behind “micro excreta” in the form of volatile organic compounds. The smell of wet-dog…comes from moisture evaporation that carries some of those compounds with it.
Just a whole mess of stank.
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Yikes!
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ah, no way i could have done this! )
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Maybe we’d just have to wear those suits for the picture and then peel them off and get in the water LOL.
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Yes )
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Looks like an 1899 version of a Sailor Moon cosplay but with lower hemlines.
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agreed
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Boy, swimming in one of those getups must have a real joy.
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I wonder how many of them just went and swam in secret without all that junk.
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That’s what I woulda done, for sure.
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