Vintage Lifeguard Fashion: 33 Interesting Photos of Lifesavers in Their Costumes Through the Years

These are what vintage beach lifeguards looked like in the past.

Women lifeguard team at Venice beach, Los Angeles in the 1920s

A female lifeguard is showing a boy how to dive in the 8 foot deep end of the swimming pool, 1936

A group of women surf life-savers from Henley Club, South Australia, 1946

Jones Beach lifeguard in the 1930s

Leggy lifeguard at Steeplechase Pool in Coney Island, 1942

A lifeguard at Steeplechase park, Coney Island, July 1961

Los Angeles municipal lifeguard, 1926

A pretty lifeguard stands at her post at Riverside Cascades Pool, 1938

At Shadow Lake, Franklin Lakes, NJ, 1934

At the beach in Ogunquit, Maine, 1926

Bondi surf lifesavers at Bondi Beach, Sydney, NSW, 1930

Chicago Lifeguards, 1933

Chicago Park district lifeguard, 1945

Coney Island lifeguard in the 1930s

Female lifeguard at Headlands beach, Mentor, Ohio, 1964

Galveston lifeguards in 1909

Female lifeguards of Brighton Beach, Baywatch, 1921

Hermosa Beach lifeguards in the 1920s

Hot lifeguard, 1955

Huntington Beach lifeguards in the 1950s

Lifeguard at Baywatch Brighton Beach, New York, 1904

Lifeguard at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, July 28, 1935

Lifeguard at the beach in 1917

Lifeguard at the beach in the 1930s

Lifeguard group, ca. 1950s

Lifeguard lessons, ca. 1930s

Lifeguards at the beach in NYC in the 1920s

Lifeguards at the beach in Rochester, NYC, Aug. 3, 1935

Lifeguards with beautiful girls at the beach in 1924

Lifeguards, Los Angeles, 1915

At Long Beach, California, ca. 1920s

Miami Beach lifeguards, 1905

Surf lifesavers at  Sydney beach, 1941