Beach Club Days: 1927 Splash

From the Ransohoff Collection, this 1927 silent amateur film, Scenes at the Beach Club, 1927, captures a leisurely day at a California beach club—possibly near San Francisco, home to the Ransohoff family’s department store legacy. Men in old-fashioned, full-body swimsuits lounge on the sand alongside women in modest, knee-length bathing attire, reflecting the era’s scandalous yet tame fashion shift. Intertitles note tennis games and family play, offering a nostalgic glimpse of 1920s seaside relaxation and social flair.