WirtzWorld Loc: SE WI

This image is from around 1978, give or take a year. A bar that I frequented in those days (in Milwaukee) would have a yearly customer appreciation day picnic in a local public park. One of the favorite events at said picnic was the wet t-shirt contest. Well, favorite might be selling it a bit short. The attendance swelled just before the contest and waned immediately thereafter. But a fun day it was. They had these parties yearly for at least 12 years I think, before they got too big and rowdy, and outlaw motorcycle clubs started attending. Time to call it quits, yeah?

Anyway, I took many photos of these wet t-shirt contests, and some of them turned out okay. This was before I went to photo college and learned that there was a right film for different conditions. This shot, and all of the shots from this year were so grainy that I nearly didn't print them. I did, though and they weren't so bad on review. Later years are much better, as we will see in future postings.

I don't know any of these girls names or have releases, but as they were in a public place, I guess I don't need them. These women of the t-shirts are all grannies now, if they made it this far. Makes you think, yeah?

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Great photo to prompt the recall the memories of days gone by... Wet T-Shirt Contests, and wow the van rallies were like this photo exemplifies.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

theaverlo Loc: Iowa

Dannj

I guess it wasn’t always about the t-shirts
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