The activity of sitting or lying in the sun to make the skin darker

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Enjoy the sun indoors with the Homesun / [ Hanovia Ltd.].

Zon sun bathing oil makes you a glorious brown : prevents sunburn blistering & is anti-midge bite : 1/6 & 2/9.

The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.

Children doing outdoor exercises at the Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: the children are stripped to the waist and some show the effects of heliotherapy on their skin. Photograph, 1920/1940?.

Summer goddess : your guide to a personalised summer beauty plan : get out there / Boots.

"Ma! Come and have your bumps felt!".

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Suntanning in 20th century America / Kerry Segrave.

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Sunbathing

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Children doing outdoor exercises at the Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: the children are stripped to the waist and some show the effects of heliotherapy on their skin. Photograph, 1920/1940?.

Summer goddess : your guide to a personalised summer beauty plan : get out there / Boots.

"Ma! Come and have your bumps felt!".

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Suntanning in 20th century America / Kerry Segrave.

Sunbathing

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Children doing outdoor exercises at the Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: the children are stripped to the waist and some show the effects of heliotherapy on their skin. Photograph, 1920/1940?.

Summer goddess : your guide to a personalised summer beauty plan : get out there / Boots.

"Ma! Come and have your bumps felt!".

Cancer ephemera. Box 1.

Suntanning in 20th century America / Kerry Segrave.

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