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Description
2 images. Flower show (Fuschia show at Long Beach), 28 June 1958. Polly Campbell (Queen) -- 20 years Barbara Smith -- 19 years (Princess) Marilyn Jones -- 16 years (Princess). Supplementary material reads: "Gershon captions. Fuschia show, Long Beach: 1/2: Fuschia Princess Barbara Smith, 19, Long Beach, (left) looks into "jewel chest" found "under the sea," loaded with jeweled fuschias, while Fuschia Queen Polly Campbell, 20, Downey, leans over top of chest to help display a new fuschia named "Westchester fuschia." Fuschia Princess Marilyn Jones, 16, Santa Monica, (right) holds up bunch of new bloom. Scene supposedly undersea, won first place for Westchester Branch, Calif. National Fuschia Society, in novel and unique category and took second in sweepstakes. 3/4: l/r Barbara Smith, princess Polly Campbell, queen Marilyn Jones, princess. Polly Campbell is wearing a diadem of fuschias. Inglewood Branch of society won sweepstakes prize with "Outdoor Living," depicting a garden of fuschias with the girls seated around the card table. 5/6: Downey Branch of society won second place in novelty and unique category depicting a garden of fuschias with an animated worm bobbing up and down supposedly eating leaves. Girls l/r Barbara Smith, Polly Campbell, Marilyn Jones".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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