Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, 1922 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, 1922 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922
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Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Texas, 1922
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Galveston, Texas, in 1922 was an island port still recovering from the hurricane of 1900, which killed thousands and buried much of the town in wreckage. Since then the city had raised its grade and begun a long seawall along the Gulf, while its docks and cotton warehouses kept shipping goods from across the region. By the early 1920s the beachfront drew summer visitors, and swimming made bathing suits a natural subject for a revue of young women on the sand. Nationwide Prohibition, in force since 1920, shaped the island's nightlife, and Galveston was widely known in Texas for looser enforcement. The scene mixes a working port with a seaside resort.
| Created / published | 1922 |
|---|---|
| Creator | maurer, joseph m. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,526 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Contestants, Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston, Tex., May 14th, 1922 |
| Reference | TX 1922 Bathing Girl Revue, Galveston |
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