/ Bathing beauty contest at the Elks Lodge, Los Angeles, 1940s

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Title: Bathing beauty contest at the Elks Lodge, Los Angeles, 1940s
Date Created and/or Issued: [1940s?]
1940/1949
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: All information concerning the content and description of the image was provided by Walter Gordon.
African American women lined up wearing swimsuits and sashes in front of an audience at the Elks Lodge in Los Angeles. One sash says "Digby Hotel."
Identifier: 161
YRLSC_gordonphotos_0161
Collection 1867 Box 1 Folder 6
ark:/21198/zz0025p6d7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Culture
Events
Beauty contests--California--Los Angeles
African American women--Societies and clubs
Source: Walter L. Gordon, Jr./William C. Beverly, Jr. Collection

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