Outdoor group portrait of contestants of the Venice Bathing Beauty Pageant at Venice in Los Angeles, California, in 1926. Young women and children are seen posing in bathing suits with some wearing sashes that read “Ocean Park” and “Miss California Beautifier,” "Miss Universal," and "Miss Balboa." One wears a swimsuit reading "“Miss California Beautifier W.B. Blakeley.”
Panoramic view of crowd of people standing on the Santa Monica Pier, with amusement rides behind them. Includes beauty contestants, musical bands, spectators and others. Automobiles in a parking lot, a roller coaster, and the bluffs above the beach can be seen in the background. Included on sashes and the young women's bathing suits are lettering including "Miss California Beautifier, W.B. Blakeley" and "Sea Breeze."
Image of two young women wearing bathing suits and standing on the front of an automobile at Ocean Park in Santa Monica, California. One of the beauty contestants is wearing a sash that reads "Miss Anaheim."
Image of a young woman in a bathing suit with a "Culver City" sash walking down a boardwalk during a beauty pageant in Long Beach, California, while spectators watch.
Image of a young woman in a bathing suit, with a longhorn cow design on the front, walking down a boardwalk during a beauty pageant in Long Beach, California, while spectators watch.
Outdoor group portrait of swimmers and divers in the W.H. Rice Water Circus during the Los Angeles Pageant of Progress, held in August 1922 in Los Angeles, California. Young women are seen posing in bathing suits, some with lettering reading "Swim East Life Guard" and "DYAS Life Guard." In the background there is a sign that reads, "Neptune's Daughter, 'Swim Easy' Revue, Hug Snug Diving Girls." Some of the individuals are identified, from left to right, as: Helen Kent, Carliss Moser, Helen Graham, Jackie Ross, Lillian Bishop, Phyllis Gaye, Lillian Wolf, Audrey Smith, Inez Fanjoy, Leona Richmond, Zolo, Perry Corbett [i.e. Cherry Corbett?], Louis Wood, Alice Mackenzie, and Chas. Farmer.
