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Flight attendant Sharon Combest after testifying to being "too heavy" to be airline stewardess in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964

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Title: Flight attendant Sharon Combest after testifying to being "too heavy" to be airline stewardess in Los Angeles, Calif., 1964
Date Created and/or Issued: August 21, 1964
1964-08-21
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: TOO HEAVY?-Sharon Combest, former Miss Michigan, who testified that at 121 lbs. she weighed too much to be instructor for airline stewardesses.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b534_225558
ark:/21198/zz0002spjd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Legal
Women--Social conditions
Discrimination in employment--United States
Discrimination against overweight women--California--Los Angeles County
Flight attendants--United States
Women--Employment--United States
Body weight--United States
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics)
Transportation
People
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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