Britain and Europe, late summer of 1906 — a heat wave. Edward Linley Sambourne, chief cartoonist at Punch Magazine and keen amateur photographer, was out and about with his concealed camera on the south coast of Britain and the north coast of Belgium.
Sambourne photographed people trying to beat the heat at Brighton and Folkestone. In the stiff coastal breeze, women struggled to hold onto their large, elaborate hats. Some women anchored their hats with fine scarves.
He captured crowded beach scenes at Weymouth, where younger women had removed more clothes, perhaps because it was more sheltered and hot on the beach. Read more...
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