Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 USC Libraries Special Collections University of Southern California specol@usc.edu
Description
2 images."Miss Sunset Strip", 18 May 1959. June Kawai ("Miss Sunset Strip"). Supplementary material reads: "Memo to Desk: Publicist for Sunset Strip Restaurant Colony is sending down some pictures, about 10:30 p.m., of beauty contest to choose Miss Sunset Strip. She is June Kawai, chosen at a press party in the Imperial Gardens. Tied for second were Nancy Seward and Pat Lynne. Eight contestants represented various Strip restaurants. Winner gets prizes, TV appearances, will reign over Strip art festival this summer and be official hostes for the strip. Caswell May 18 812pm".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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