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Evelyn Ankers pairs her bikini and platform sandals with a sombrero and striped serape in 1944.

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Evelyn Ankers pairs her two-piece floral print playsuit with a sombrero and striped serape in 1944.

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Adele Mara

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Evelyn Ankers, 1944

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Martha Vickers, 1943.

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Karen Sharpe

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Juanita Stark, 1941.

[Original caption reads: "If there isn't a stiff breeze one can be manufactured. That is the way Juanita Stark does things and to prove it the lovely lass, who will soon appear in Warner Bros. DIVE BOMBER, rigs up a fan on her bicycle."]

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Loretta Young stops for a picture while bike riding through Palm Springs in 1932

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[Original caption reads: "11/29/1932-Palm Springs, California: Loretta Young, beautiful movie star who is now on a winter vacation at this desert oasis for filmdom, has taken to bicycling with enthusiasm as a means toward keeping that waistline down while preparing for her next big celluloid feature."]

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Mary Beth Hughes

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[Original photo caption from May 9, 1939, reads: "Keep that schoolgirl figure…and no better way is found than outdoor bicycling. So declares Mary Beth Hughes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actress who makes her screen debut with Jeanette MacDonald in "Broadway Serenade".]

1. [Captioned: "Stiffening the legs with strong downward emphases on pedaling is a grand reducing exercise for thighs and hips."]

2. (Mary Beth rides her bicycle while it is locked onto a stand to make it stationary...backwards.)

3. [Captioned: "A running start peps up the circulation."]