Bathing Beauty

Full-length portrait of aspiring American actress and murder victim Elizabeth Short (1924 - 1947), who wears a two-piece bathing suit and leans against a palm tree at a beach, 1940s. Short became known as the Black Dahlia after her body was discovered in a vacant lot in Hollywood, California, her corpse naked and severed in two. The murder still remains unsolved. This photograph has been heavily retouched. (Photo by INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO/Getty Images)
Full-length portrait of aspiring American actress and murder victim Elizabeth Short (1924 - 1947), who wears a two-piece bathing suit and leans against a palm tree at a beach, 1940s. Short became known as the Black Dahlia after her body was discovered in a vacant lot in Hollywood, California, her corpse naked and severed in two. The murder still remains unsolved. This photograph has been heavily retouched. (Photo by INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO/Getty Images)
Bathing Beauty
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Credit:
Archive Photos / Stringer
Editorial #:
56716866
Collection:
Archive Photos
Date created:
January 01, 1940
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Source:
Archive Photos
Object name:
T1217583_04
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2500 x 5037 px (8.33 x 16.79 in) - 300 dpi - 3 MB