Historic Vids氏による、1890年台から流行ったBathing Machineの紹介諸々。

Historic Vids @historyinmemes

Victorian era bathing machines from the 1890s. During this time, women were required to stay fully clothed until they got into a bathing machine in order to change into a swimsuit. Next, someone would wheel the cart out into the ocean, so that the women could get into the water privately without being seen in their swimsuit. Irish playwright, Walley Chamberlain Oulton, described them as "four-wheeled carriages, covered with canvas, and having at one end of them an umbrella of the same materials which is let down to the surface of the water so that the bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy." The bathing machines were actively used in England until the late 1890s when they became permanently parked on the beaches. By 1914, however, most of them had disappeared from the United Kingdom.

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Gengar 👽 @Gengar25106320

@historyinmemes Victorian era bathing machines from the 1890s. ✅ pic.twitter.com/nAcA0FWp8F

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Amrit Chandravanshi @Ek_Indian07

@historyinmemes Invented in the early to mid-18th century, at a time when men and women had to legally use separate parts of the beach and sea, bathing machines were designed to preserve a woman's modesty at the seaside by acting as a changing room on wheels that could be dragged into the water. pic.twitter.com/3SoLBIKhvB

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kamal kumar 🇮🇳 @kamalkumarBJD

@historyinmemes But why are they called bathing machines? 🤔 They were hardly doing any mechanical activities. Rather they should have been called Bathing boxes or bathing containers.

Mr Commonsense @fopminui

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Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales

The Victorian era's focus on modesty and decorum extended beyond just bathing machines. Another invention, almost parallel in its intent, was the "bloomer costume" popularized by Amelia Bloomer in the early 1850s in the United States. This garment aimed to offer women greater freedom and modesty compared to the constraining dresses of the period. Consisting of a short skirt and billowy trousers, it became a symbol of the early women's rights movement, just as the bathing machines were a sign of societal norms for women's modesty. Both innovations share the common theme of trying to negotiate the space between social expectations and personal freedom. While bathing machines focused on enabling women to participate in the then-popular activity of sea-bathing without violating norms, bloomers tried to grant women more physical freedom in their daily activities. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, changing societal attitudes began to render both somewhat obsolete: bathing machines were largely abandoned by the 1910s, and bloomers evolved into less controversial forms of women's clothing. Yet both remain historical curiosities that offer a window into the gender norms and social values of their respective times.

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Tarun @heytarunn

While bathing machines focused on enabling women to participate in the then-popular activity of sea-bathing without violating norms, bloomers tried to grant women more physical freedom in their daily activities. By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, changing societal attitudes began to render both somewhat obsolete: bathing machines were largely abandoned by the 1910s, and bloomers evolved into less controversial forms of women's clothing. Yet both remain historical curiosities that offer a window into the gender norms and social values of their respective times.

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Mèo FINANCE @MeoFinance

What do you think about the fact that today women and men bathe together? The photo below has described man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910. The woman is exiting a bathing machine. Once mixed-sex bathing became socially acceptable, the days of the bathing machine were numbered. Bathing machines were widely used on beaches until the 1890s. From then, changing ideas about modesty meant that they began to decline in use. From 1901, it was no longer illegal for genders to separate on public beaches. As a result, the use of bathing machines quickly declined, and by the start of the 1920s, they were almost completely unused, even by older members of the population.

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Hicham Mounadi @h_mounadi

Throughout the Victorian era, women could change into swimsuits and get into the water in secret thanks to bathing machines. These devices, which had an umbrella at one end and canvas coverings, made sure that bathers could enjoy the sea in the most humble of ways. Bathing machines were gradually replaced or stopped in England until the late 1890s, at which point they vanished from the majority of UK beaches by 1914.

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Jenne ⚔️ @jenne_roberts

@historyinmemes That’s just a little excessive JS pic.twitter.com/HBrlEHkfqD

Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales

The "crinoline cage," a 19th-century fashion accessory, offers an interesting parallel to Victorian bathing machines. Both were bulky contraptions designed to navigate the complexities of women's social roles. The crinoline was a hoop skirt made of steel, horsehair, or whalebone, designed to hold out a woman's skirt and make it appear fuller. Like the bathing machine, it was a physical structure that both enabled and restricted women, reflecting societal ideas about femininity and modesty. However, by the late 19th century, both had largely fallen out of use, supplanted by changing fashion and social norms.

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Traveler’s Diary @travelersdy

The purpose of the bathing machine was all about those crazy rules of bathing etiquette that they upheld in the 18th and 19th century, which kept women and their beach bodies out of sight (while the men frollicked freely on the beach, of course). The wooden carts with two doors on either sides allowed bathers to change out of their clothes and into their bathing suits without having to be seen by the opposite sex walking across the beach in ‘improper clothing’, which in those days, on the gender-segregated beaches of Europe, would have been the modern-day equivalent of the walk of shame. The four-wheeled box would be rolled out to sea, usually by horse or sometimes human power and hauled back in when the beachgoer signalled to the driver by raising a small flag attached to the roof. Some machines were equipped with a canvas tent lowered from the seaside door, capable of being lowered to the water, giving the bather greater privacy.

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Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales

Another interesting historical parallel to the Victorian-era bathing machines can be found in the design of railway carriages specifically reserved for women. Introduced in the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century, these "Ladies' Carriages" were an attempt to provide a safe and socially acceptable space for women who were traveling unescorted. The carriages were part of the broader Victorian ethos that sought to protect women's virtue and privacy in public spaces, much like the bathing machines did at beaches. Both innovations demonstrate the way in which the built environment was being modified to accommodate a rigid gender ideology. They were geared toward creating 'safe' spaces for women but, in doing so, reinforced the gender norms and segregation of the era. By the early 20th century, the Ladies' Carriages began to decline in usage as societal views on women's roles started to change, mirroring the decline of bathing machines. Interestingly, while bathing machines were phased out entirely, the concept of women-only carriages has been revisited in various forms across the world in modern times, often as a response to concerns about safety rather than modesty.

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Moonsi.eth ⛩️👾 @MoonsiCollins

The Victorian era's dedication to modesty was on another level. Bathing machines were the OG mobile changing rooms. Imagine being wheeled into the ocean just to take a dip. As societal norms evolved, these quirky contraptions faded away. But they're a fascinating glimpse into how beach days were once orchestrated. Makes me wonder what future generations will think of our beach habits.

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Muhmmad Azhar @AzharTheGreat

"Bathing machines of the Victorian era exemplify the societal norms that prevailed. These mobile changing rooms acted as a bridge between modesty and leisure, allowing women a discreet space to transition from fabric-clad to aquatic freedom. It's a captivating glimpse into the cultural intricacies of the 1890s. "

Tsarathustra @tsarnick

@historyinmemes Modesty machines

Jules @Theflyingnipple

@historyinmemes And nowadays in the Uk when I go swimming at the local pool, we have shared gender, unisex - changing rooms ! 🇬🇧

Concrete @not_your_keys

@historyinmemes Weird

Varian @APDST2017

his interesting post shows the differences in social perspectives between the Victorian era and today. The Victorian bathing machines reflected the desire to protect women's modesty and virtue. The women-only railway carriages had a similar purpose. This shows that society at the time valued preventing harassment of women. Today, we have more open views about modesty and personal privacy. Still, respecting human dignity remains very important.

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Vinnie ❌ @SapereVincent

@historyinmemes Wow thats crazy.. 😮😂

The White Rabbit 🐇 @TateWhiteRabbit

@historyinmemes quite interesting method, traditional value

Universe 🌌🌍 @Amr10062

@historyinmemes A unique chapter in beach history, where modesty met seaside leisure

Santosh kumar Yadav @SantoshYKT

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