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Title: Beauty attracts Coast Guard recruits
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 14, 1957 reads "All Judy Croe, 17, Miss Coast Guard Recruiter, has to do is powder her nose to attract recruits to Coast Guard booth at San Fernando Valley Modern Living Festival in Devonshire Downs, Northridge. Recruiter Burt Whitenack has no trouble finding young men eager to learn about the Coast Guard. Festival closes Sunday."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier: 00154586
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f10_i1
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/128203
Subject: United States. Coast Guard
Beauty contestants
Young women
Men
Armed Forces--Recruiting
Military uniforms
Bathing suits
Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period: 1951-1960

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