“The women of Rehoboth, particularly those of the younger set,’ the Newark Post, reported on Aug. 6, 1919, “are enjoying perfect freedom as to their dress on the beach. "Whether in bare knees or ...

A wave of discontent was sweeping through Rehoboth, and the town commissioners had to act. In 1905, the resort’s commissioners decreed that it was illegal “for any person to bathe in the ocean unless ...

The South Bay and Harbor Area have been blessed with beautiful beaches. But if you’d gone to one wearing even a modest modern-day swimsuit a century or more ago, you’d have been carted off to jail.