Vintage photos of winter bathers from before cold baths were cool

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Vintage Photos of Winter Bathers

Long before ice baths became a trend, people were taking the dip just for the joy of it.

Join us for a look at these vintage photos from an era when an icy swim was just part of the winter fun adventures.

 

Image Credit: Bain News Service /Library of Congress

Winter Bathers

People in winter going for a swim, around 1910.

 

Winter Swim

Swimmers after the cold swim, New York, around 1910.

 

Image Credit: Bain News Service /Library of Congress

Young Swimmers

Little girls preparing for a winter dip, feeling the cold weather, 1926.

 

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Mount Rainier National Park

Woman at edge of stream near Paradise Glacier ice cave, Mount Rainier National Park, 1925.

 

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Mount Rainier

A group of people having a swim in the cold water of Mount Rainier, 1924.

 

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A Dip in The Ice

A swimmer in the Havel lakes near Berlin, 1930.

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