Days Gone By

Three young women at the beach, South Australia, 1953.

Source: State Library of South Australia

Two young women lying in the sea shallows at Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia, 1923.

Source: State Library of South Australia

Unidentified women float in a swimming pool, Florida, 1950s.

Source: Florida Memory, Department of Commerce collection

Two women at the beach in South Australia, 1953.

Source: State Library of South Australia

Cottrell-Ashley Studio, Unidentified beach beauty queen - Pensacola, Florida, 1920s.

Source: Florida Memory

Studio pose (enhanced with artwork) of a pair of bathing beauties suiting up at the seaside. USA, 1896.

Frank William Micklethwaite, Bathing Beauties, Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1909.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Frank William Micklethwaite, Bathing beauties, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada, ca. 1909.

Source: Library and Archives Canada

Publicity still of Billy Bevan and Mack Sennett bathing beauties, 1920s.

Young women at the opening of the Sahara Hotel and Casino swimming pool. Photograph by Loomis Dean. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1953.