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Title: Valley girl wins Miss L.A. title
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: 1959
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: Photograph also used in article dated June 29, 1959.
Photograph caption dated May 18, 1959 reads, "Tops beauty pageant - Lovely 18-year-old Miss Loretta Fountain, left, who reigned as Miss Van Nuys, smiles happily at new laurels heaped on her Saturday night when she was crowned 'Miss Los Angeles' in official Miss America preliminary pageant. With her is Miss Nadine Nardi, winner of junior title for Los Angeles area."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00115763
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d017_f27_i18
CARL0005329580
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49972
Subject: Miss America Pageant
Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles
Beauty contests--California--Los Angeles
Awards--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Tiaras--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs

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