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Title
Miss Altadena beauty contestant
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
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.
Description
Posing prettily at the edge of a swimming pool on February 6, 1954, is 18-year-old Frida Nilsen, named Miss Altadena by the Altadena Chamber of Commerce. 102 communities are competing in this beauty search throughout Southern California to vie for a $10,000 cash award.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00055280
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 13906.
CARL0000057568
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/19936
Subject
Nilsen, Frida
Beauty contestants--California--Altadena
Swimming pools--California--Altadena
Altadena (Calif.)
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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