In the 19th century, train travel and then the automobile enabled people to take trips to the beach. But while men stripped down to their body-hugging swimwear and went right in, women were supposed to cover up their foe...

When you squeeze into your Speedo, you're not just...  ...17th or 18th century. Back then, beachgoers used bathing machines to protect their modesty. Swimmers would...  ...f, the swimmer would change into his long-sleeved bathing suit . Only when the cart had reached a suitable...