Pageant parading aids Valley lovely toward glamour career
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Brich, George
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends.
Photograph caption dated November 7, 1959 reads, "One Beauty Who Can't Cook - Puzzled over simple pancake recipe, Darlene, unlike many other girl-next-door-type starlets, admits she is completely lost in the kitchen. 'I'm not in the least domestic,' she laughed, adding 'As a cook, I'd make a good plumber, and when I'm ironing, I mangle handkerchiefs! But I can wash dishes.'" Darlene Tompkins, 18, of Pacoima, has won twenty beauty contests in two years. See images 00154333 through 00154336; 00154340; 00154342 and 00154343 for all photos in this series.
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