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Title: Miss Martel receives her trophy
Creator: Rudy Spika of Perry Griffith Photographers (53-1044-A)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1953
Contributing Institution: Long Beach Public Library
Collection: Long Beach Photos
Rights Information: For information about copyright and ordering images from the LBPL Digital Archive, see https://www.longbeach.gov/library/research/long-beach-history-and-special-collections/.
Description: Bob Russell, pageant host and emcee (wearing tuxedo and tails), is presenting a trophy to Christine Martel of France, Miss Universe of 1954. Runners up, holding trophies, also look on. Myrna Rae Hansen of Illinois holds a trophy and is standing directly behind Miss Martel. Two people costumed as footmen stand on the pageant stage in the background. Other individuals not identified. DATE NOTES: Noted on image front and back. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: No. KEYWORDS: Fashion, set, design.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: LBPL_3508.tif
http://lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17164coll3/id/2216
Subject: Beauty contests. Women
Source: Donated by Marian Spika
Relation: Beauty Pageants - Miss Universe - 1953

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