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Australian Surf Life Saving team march-past swimsuit

Jantzen1960s

Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

This march-past swimsuit features Australian national sporting colours and was used at international surf carnivals in the 1960s. Although men's swimwear became increasingly brief during the 1930s, and topless by the end of the decade, the march-past costume retained the covered chest and half skirt of the classic Racerback swimsuit of the late 1920s.

This march-past swimsuit features Australian national sporting colours and was used at international surf carnivals in the 1960s. Although men's swimwear became increasingly brief during the 1930s, and topless by the end of the decade, the march-past costume retained the covered chest and half skirt of the classic Racerback swimsuit of the late 1920s.

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  • Title: Australian Surf Life Saving team march-past swimsuit
  • Creator: Jantzen, Jantzen
  • Date: 1960s, 1960s
  • Type: Swimsuit, Swimsuit
  • Significance: This swimsuit is representative of the designs produced in Australia by Jantzen for the march-past during this period., This swimsuit is representative of the designs produced in Australia by Jantzen for the march-past during this period.
  • See institution's online collections: http://collections.anmm.gov.au/en/objects/details/49034/, http://collections.anmm.gov.au/en/objects/details/49034/
  • Medium: Bri-nylon, Bri-nylon
  • Dimensions: 720 x 350 mm, 0.15 kg, 720 x 350 mm, 0.15 kg
  • Credit line: ANMM Collection Gift from Surf Life Saving Association of Australia National Council, ANMM Collection Gift from Surf Life Saving Association of Australia National Council
Australian National Maritime Museum

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