Gloria DeHaven, 22 June 1945.

Gloria DeHaven, 22 June 1945.

Dorothy Jordan on the beach, 1932.
Source: Nationaal Archief

Dorothy Jordan on the beach, 1932.

Source: Nationaal Archief

Actress Jane Wyman sitting in a lounge chair on a California beach, August 1935.
Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Actress Jane Wyman sitting in a lounge chair on a California beach, August 1935.

Source: Los Angeles Times photographic archive, UCLA Library

Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.
Source: Library of Congres

Herbert A. French, Miss Washington DC, Helen L. Sweeney, and Le Paradis orchestra at Wardman Park pool, 1924.

Source: Library of Congres

Margaret Gorman, first prize beauty, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1920s.
Source: Library of Congress

Margaret Gorman, first prize beauty, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1920s.

Source: Library of Congress

Harris & Ewing, Dorothy Parker, Miss Washington D.C., 4 August 1938.
Source: Library of Congress

Harris & Ewing, Dorothy Parker, Miss Washington D.C., 4 August 1938.

Source: Library of Congress

A bathing beauty water skiing off the coast of South Australia, 1923.
Source: State Library of South Australia

A bathing beauty water skiing off the coast of South Australia, 1923.

Source: State Library of South Australia

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

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

Source: Florida Memory

An English bathing beauty, ca. 1920.

An English bathing beauty, ca. 1920.