Keywords: Annette Kellerman1.jpg Annette Kellerman 1887-1975 Australian professional swimmer vaudeville and film star in her famous custom swimsuit designed to allow for serious athletic swimming unlike conventional women's swimwear of the period but considered indecent by some LOC-image ggbain 03569 circa 1900 Bain News Service publisher PD-Bain PD-US Annette Kellerman 1900s swimwear 20th-century black and white portrait photographs of standing women at full length 1900s Left hand on hip female Females wearing one-piece swimsuits |