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Title: Contestants pose in swimsuits
Creator: Rudy Spika of Perry Griffith Photographers (Ital-3)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Here is an informal outdoor photograph of three Miss Universe contestants wearing pageant swimsuits and pumps. From left to right: Maxine Morgan of Australia; Rita Stazi of Italy; and Kinuko Ito of Japan. All three wear ribbon sashes of their countries across the front of their suits. In the background behind the three in front, the ankles of other contestants are visible on elevated platforms. DATE NOTES: Noted on image back. ORIG. IMAGE: 4" x 5" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Fashion.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_3407.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2228
Subject: Beauty contests. Women
Source: Dontated by Marian Spika.
Relation: Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1953

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