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Bathing in the Ice at the L Street Bath, Boston (1905)

Midwinter Bathing, L Street Bath, Boston (1905) AM&B

This film was photographed in the winter, much of it during an actual snowstorm, and snow can be seen on the ground in all scenes. The subject is a group of men, clothed only in swimming trunks, who demonstrate their physical prowess by doing calisthenics, playing handball, and swimming during freezing weather.