Story: Beach culture

A sun bath, 1920 (1st of 2)

A sun bath, 1920

For much of the 20th century, a fashion for tanned skin and a belief in the benefits of sunshine encouraged New Zealanders to sit or lie on the beach in the sun, exposing much of their bodies. Here Nancy and Clyde Adkin, children of the photographer, George Leslie Adkin, sit naked on a blanket at Plimmerton Beach.

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Reference: A.005711
Photograph by George Leslie Adkin

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Jock Phillips, 'Beach culture - Beach culture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/9122/a-sun-bath-1920 (accessed 19 April 2024)

Story by Jock Phillips, published 12 Jun 2006