These are what vintage beach lifeguards looked like in the past.
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| Women lifeguard team at Venice beach, Los Angeles in the 1920s |
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| A female lifeguard is showing a boy how to dive in the 8 foot deep end of the swimming pool, 1936 |
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| A group of women surf life-savers from Henley Club, South Australia, 1946 |
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| Jones Beach lifeguard in the 1930s |
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| Leggy lifeguard at Steeplechase Pool in Coney Island, 1942 |
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| A lifeguard at Steeplechase park, Coney Island, July 1961 |
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| Los Angeles municipal lifeguard, 1926 |
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| A pretty lifeguard stands at her post at Riverside Cascades Pool, 1938 |
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| At Shadow Lake, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 1934 |
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| At the beach in Ogunquit, Maine, 1926 |
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| Bondi surf lifesavers at Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, 1930 |
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| Chicago Lifeguards, 1933 |
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| Chicago Park district lifeguard, 1945 |
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| Coney Island lifeguard in the 1930s |
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| Female lifeguard at Headlands beach, Mentor, Ohio, 1964 |
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| Galveston lifeguards in 1909 |
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| Female lifeguards of Brighton Beach, Baywatch, 1921 |
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| Hermosa Beach lifeguards in the 1920s |
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| Hot lifeguard, 1955 |
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| Huntington Beach lifeguards in the 1950s |
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| Lifeguard at Baywatch Brighton Beach, New York, 1904 |
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| Lifeguard at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 28, 1935 |
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| Lifeguard at the beach in 1917 |
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| Lifeguard at the beach in the 1930s |
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| Lifeguard group, ca. 1950s |
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| Lifeguard lessons, ca. 1930s |
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| Lifeguards at the beach in NYC in the 1920s |
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| Lifeguards at the beach in Rochester, NYC, Aug. 3, 1935 |
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| Lifeguards with beautiful girls at the beach in 1924 |
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| Lifeguards, Los Angeles, 1915 |
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| At Long Beach, California, ca. 1920s |
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| Miami Beach lifeguards, 1905 |
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| Surf lifesavers at Sydney beach, 1941 |
