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Photograph caption dated May 21, 1955 reads "Selected to reign over first annual Cotton Day at Birmingham High School in Van Nuys are, from left, Princesses Diana Robling, 16; Sharon Badger, 15; Karen Gulbrandson, 14; Queen Sharon Alexander, 14; Penny Hall, 13; Mary Boulton, 13, and Carol Baulo, 13. Girls were chosen from their home rooms to reign over Day's festivities sponsored by the Girls League."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Birmingham High School (Van Nuys, Calif.)--Students Beauty contestants--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles High school students--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits Valley Times Collection photographs
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