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DRESS 26

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Summary: Changing Machines

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Obviously changing into a bathing costume had to be done discreetly. These huts or bathing machines as they were called were pulled on wheels so that donkeys could move them close to the water’s edge. This allowed women to get into the water with less chance of being seen.

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Changing Machines

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