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Title
"Sweetheart Contest" contestants at the Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1929
Date Created and/or Issued
September 24, 1929
1929-09-24
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of ten beauty contestants in the "Sweetheart Contest" at the Southern California Fair. The contestants are posed in front of a white rail fence and a tent with an image of a bird above the door.
A similar photograph of the beauty contestants has the caption: Southern California Sunkissed Beauties in "Sweetheart Contest" [Los Angeles Times, "Riverside a Mecca as Thousands Flock to Southern California Fair," 9/25/1929]
Text from negative sleeve: Calif. - Riverside, Fair, 1929
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_0622
ark:/21198/zz002d9xkx
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Events
Fairs--California--Riverside
Beauty contestants--California--Riverside
Lifestyle
Culture
Riverside County Fair (Riverside County, Calif.)
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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