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Description
8 images. "Mrs. America" winner of California, 20 April 1955. Sam Girvan Kathleen Girvan -- 31 years. (Winner of "Mrs. America") David Brian Helen Chapman Thora Pratt Dorothy Pugh. Caption slip reads: “Photographer: Lapp. Date: 1955-04-20. Reporter: Petty. Assignment: Mrs. America winner of Calif. 3: Sam Girvan, husband crying as wife Kathleen Girvan won Mrs. California contest. 23: David Brian Mrs. Kathleen Girvan with husband Sam Girvan crying with joy. 49/50: David Brian crown Mrs. Kathleen Girvan. 23/24: Mrs. Kathleen Garvin [sic]. 6: L to R, Jack Smith Sam Garvin [sic] Mrs. Kathleen Garvin [sic] & David Brian. 57/58: L to R, Dorothy Pugh Kathleen Girvan, winner being crowned by David Brian Mary Guzzardo Thora Pratt".
Type
image
Format
8 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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