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Title
Modern Venus contest
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1932
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Three ladies pose in swim suits in a "Modern Venus" contest to discover the most nearly perfect health specimen. They represent three types: the modern, the athletic and the classic. They appeared before delegates to the American Progressive Chiropractic convention at a 7-day convention being held at the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic. The women are (left to right): Myrtle Stanley, Gara De Jung, and Arline Fuller Scott.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00051527
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1965
CARL0000055395
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/18631
Subject
American Progressive Chiropractic Association
Health
Women--California--Los Angeles
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Time Period
1931-1940

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