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Title: Miss Panama's float
Creator: Rudy Spika of Perry Griffith Photographers (53-473)
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: Wearing her pageant swimsuit, Emita Arosemena (Miss Panama) poses on a small parade float being pushed down the street by uniformed servicemen. "Grisinger's Drive-Ins" is advertised on a sign hung on one side of the float. In the background, a crowd surrounds a tall palm tree as they watch the parade from the curb. Further in the background, people also watch the parade from the balconies of an apartment building. DATE NOTES: Noted on image front and back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Fashion, buildings, streets.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_3432.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2226
Subject: Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1953 Women. Parades
Source: Donated by Marian Spika.
Relation: Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1953

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