Victorian Fashion: 1860-1901

Fashion was important in Victorian society. For the middle and upper classes, proper dress sense was essential, and clothes had to be changed for …

Victorian Fashion: 1860-1901

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    1. Someday I hope to run across more photos of my British grandmother who died in her 30s and was a professional swimmer and diver. Mary (Marie) Rhodes Finney. Used to entertain at Blackpool and dove off of London Bridge. She and her brother James competed performed 1890s-1910

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    2. Yes, I found that yesterday. Thanks. My father was a long distance swimmer in his youth. It was popular in 1920-30s. My mother and he actually met on a swimmer resting buoy 5 miles from show in Penobscot Bay, Rhode Island USA. He and his father emigrated to US in 1913. She rejoined her brother in their act a few years after his birth and remained in the UK.

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