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Title: Stage accident dethrones new Miss Van Nuys
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
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Description: Photograph caption dated May 2, 1957 reads, "New queen dethroned in stage collapse - Newly chosen Miss Van Nuys, Babs Manusa, wearing crown, sits on floor with runners-up after stage extension collapsed at Carpenters Hall in Van Nuys, climaxing queen contest. Three lovelies and disc jockey were posing for picture when they went crashing to floor." See images 00154324 through 00154326 for all photos in this series.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00154326
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_ d058_ f1_i3
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127835
Subject: Van Nuys Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beauty contestants
Beauty contests
Young women
Tiaras
Award winners
Awards
Accident victims
Accidents
Tables
Spectators
Women
Men
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1951-1960

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