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7 images. Aquacade, Chaffey High School junior fair, 06 May 1952. Lynne Lewis Betty Alexander Rahn Harris Roger Bartlett Janice Duke Betty Van Buren. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mercurio. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: Chaffey Fair...Ontario. 119: Chaffey High School coed Lynne Lewis, a participant in the third annual aquacade held this year in conjunction with the Chaffey Junior Fair is seen demonstrating a 'water ballet leg' from the school days number. 1: Betty Alexander demonstrating her aquatic ability with a 'horizontal tread'. Acqucade (aquacade?) will be held May 16 and 17th at the school's plunge. 5-6: Rahn Harris and Roger Bartlett, Chaffey High School students seen in Apache Dance act. They are part of a 33 group dance team and 16 specialty and solo numbers events to be presented May 16 and 17 at the Chaffey Junior Fair. 201-200: Janice Duke and Betty Van Buren of Chaffey High School and members of the Acqucade [sic] team seen doing a plain crawl in 'groundhog number' entitled Me and My Shadow. 19: Part of the 60-member aquacade show is the line of girls seen swimming single file the length of the pool". Supplementary material reads: "Notes on aquacade. Chaffey Fair. 'Happy Holidays', third annual aquacade of the Chaffey High School girls physical education department, will be presented in the Chaffey plunge during the Chaffey Junior Fair on May 16 and 17 without admission charge: May 16 at 1 p.m. and May 17 at 1 p.m. With a background -- a huge calendar which shows a change of date for the season of each event, the numbers will open with 'Vacation'. Swimmers: Nada Barrick Susan Cate Jane Franks Laura Harrison Doris Hoisington Lynne Lewis Joanne Marvin Letty Maurer Majorie Neher Mary Riddington Felita Seitz Claudette Smeader Betty Van Buren and Jimmie Lee Yarbrough. Additional numbers: 'Fourth of Jult (July?) Parade', A Square Dance A Halloe'en dance with Skeletons Pat Burritt Rita Carberry Sheryl Flum Donna King Mary Meyer. 'Two Ground Hogs' will be given by Janice Duke and Betty Van Buren".
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image
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7 photographs : photoprints negatives, b&w 13 x 10 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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