What Were Victorian Bathing Machines?
AncientPages.com | June 9, 2018
AncientPages.com - Starting in the 1750s, beaches were suddenly filled with so-called bathing machines. These were basically wooden changing booths, with wheels and wooden steps that led inside.
During the Victorian era of British history, a period associated with Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death, on 22 January 1901 plenty of bathing machines were designed to prevent anyone from seeing a woman in her swimsuit before she slipped into the waves.
These bathing machines were invented in times when most people still swam naked. Even when early forms of swimwear did start being introduced, society conveniently decided that a 'proper woman' should not be seen on the beach in her bathing suit.
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