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10 images. All states queen candidates, 12 May 1952. Evelyn Armstrong, 16, chino Darlene Edwards, 16, Upland Carrie Muratore, Ontario Wanda Wright, 16, Ontario Marion Evans Gleason, 17, Fontana Carol Hadovec, 18, Ontario Lee Freehaul, 25, Ontario Shirley Horn, 17, Ontario Virginia Lee Bacon, 16, Pomona Patricia Ferris, 16, Ontario Cheryl Mongar, 16, Pomona. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mercurio. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: All states picnic queens, Ontario. 2: Wanda Wright, 16, of Ontario will represent the state of Arkansas. 1: Marion Evans Gleason, 17, from Fontana, is the state of Pennsylvania's representative. 106: Representing California, her native state at the annual picnic is Carol Hadovec, 18, from Ontario. 107: Evelyn Armstrong, 16, of Chino will represent the state of Wyoming at the picnic to be held June 28. 206: Darlene Edwards, 16, of Upland, formerly hails from Texas and will represent that state at the picnic. 205: Representing Louisiana will be Carrie Muratore of Ontario. 5-6: L - R -- Sitting on steps are all-states picnic queen candidates Rosa Lee Freehaul, 25, of Ontario representing Indiana Shirley Horn, 17, Ontario, representing Oklahoma and Virginia Lee Bacon, 16, of Pomona, representing Tennessee. 62: Same as above with Patricia Ferris, 16, of Ontario representing Massachusetts, and Cheryl Mongar, 16, Iowa's candidate from Pomona forming back row to group. 63: Patricia Ferris, 16, of Ontario representing Massachusetts and Cheryl Mongar, 16, of Pomona representing Iowa".
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image
Format
10 photographs : photoprints negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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