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Photograph caption dated April 13, 1959 reads, "For today's 'Lilac in Melody' show in Palmdale's Yucca School, these luxuriant lilacs were picked up by 'Queen' Illa Batdorf, right, and 'Princess' Sue Smith directly from Scandinavian Airlines System's plane as it landed after polar flight from Holland."
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